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Golden aspens and blue skies on the Upper Piney River trail - Eagles Nest Wilderness, Colorado
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Light trail left by iRobot Roomba during its first 30 minutes of cleaning.
The wall on the right is illuminated by a LED on Roomba’s base, a place where the robot parks to charge its battery after finishing.
As there was almost no furniture in the room, Roomba did quite a nice job cleaning everything but tiny areas in corners that are simply unreachable to it.
Lighting is going from a window in an opposite wall. Basically, it’s just city glowing, no street lamps or any other light sources are nearby.
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I liked this trail because of all of the ferns. It brings back memories of lush trails in Pennsylvania surrounded by fragrant ferns.
Composite exposure of 8 images to produce the star trails.
Exposure: 5 minutes * 8
Aperture: f/4
ISO Speed Ratings: 100
Focal Length: 24mm
Once again I cross Sunrise Mountain Road - this time going up the mountain slope via the Tinsley Trail.
It's clearly a good trail for exercise, this is the path that circles McIntosh Lake. The west end of the circuit is in the distance. There are picnic tables, a bench under a huge cottonwood and a convenient outhouse for those who are willing to put in the effort. I made it out here twice on the weekend. It's not always easy doing what you need to do when one option is relaxing in the shade around McIntosh Lake Park. Some other folks are trying to up their health and longevity if not their knees. I come out here to end up lopsided by carrying the full frame camera with 200mm zoom and monopod. Others are into dogs and Cokes. In the distance across the fields is Hygiene with the silo on main Street. Picnics in the park are dandy. The sky looks pretty foreboding and the humditty is already up. Smoking pot in public places is outlawed, at least in Denver but now we can have that same crowd in parks using the dis-solvable strips. There's never enough slack for some dodging exercise.
I am near the southwest end of McIntosh Park even though the path ahead continues on and surrounds the lake entirely. That allows for a 3.5 mile walk for folks getting their exercise on. It connects with the path up to the McIntosh/Lohr Heritage Farm Museum north, across the lake from here.
R.M.N.P. is in the distance and includes the peaks. Longs, next to the tree, is kissed by the clouds and extends past the Twin Sisters over the gal. They are well melted down. We here at Longmont always know directions as long as we can spot the mountain range. The Rockies are white now and more storms are on the way. Just right of the big hanging branch is Lyons and the routes up the South and North St.Vrain Valleys. Careful, the north valley road still closes for an hour or more at a time for road repairs. GwenDeanne is still hopping mad. A trip up to Estes and the Park may suffer delays. I bet the trip up the Thompson from Loveland sucks worse. Still in all, Colorado was rated the second smartest state but with the pot heads moving in, we must be fading fast. We should win the Peckerwood Award soon and rival the bottom few states.
Trail-blazer
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Entry for the 2016 Febrovery.
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When the Space Police II guys needs to clear the way for the 6957: Solar Snooper or setup an improvised landing field for the 6984: Galactic Mediator, the Trail-blazer starts to work.
The Trail-blazer is a powerful rover equipped with a claw mounted on an articulated arm. With a spin of the seat, the pilot can shift from driver position to claw operator position.
From the trailhead at the shore we climbed a stairway up the bank and then began a steady hike upward to the top of a saddle before decending down the other side to the moraine and then on to Grewingk Glacier Lake ….A total of 4 .5 miles.
The Mendota Trail is a gorgeous walking trail! This used to be the old railroad bed that ran through the area to Bristol, VA/TN. This originally started as the “Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow Gauge Railroad Co”. Passenger and freight services began in May of 1890. Then the name changed to “South Atlantic and Ohio Railway” in 1890. The. Changed again in 1899 to “The Virginia and Southwestern Railway. Until is was then put into service under the well known “Southern Railway” ceased operations in 1972. This trail is accessible in Mendota. Has trestles to walk across and the old swinging bridge beside it as pictured above… and yes it’s open to walk across.
37607 trailing at the back on 5Z27 Bristol Kingsland Road to Derby RTC at Whitnash. DBSO 9714 was leading.
Bell Trail is very popular with hikers and anglers who come to enjoy the solitude and other rewards offered by a clear cool stream flowing through a scenic desert canyon. Wet Beaver Canyon is one of four major canyons that cut Coconino National Forest's red rock rim country.
Most of the canyon falls within the Wet Beaver Wilderness. Wilderness areas are rare, wild places set aside by U.S. Congress where the land is allowed to retain its natural state, serving as a natural haven for humans to escape civilization. To help minimize human impacts in Wilderness areas, motorized and mechanized equipment are strictly prohibited by law, including bicycles, strollers, carts, remote control aircraft, and drones.
For the most part, the trail follows a route along a bench well above the streambed. A number of side trails, lead down to the waterside and indicate the location of good swimming holes or popular fishing spots. As the trail wanders deeper into the canyon, it leaves the canyon bottom to wind high along an escarpment of red sandstone and offer scenic views of the riparian area, the canyon and the surrounding mountains and valleys, before dropping back down to the stream at Bell Crossing.
Most people who come to this trail hike only the first 3.3 miles to Bell Crossing, taking advantage any one of several access paths that branch off the main trail and lead down to the stream. After crossing the Wet Beaver Creek, the Bell Trail climbs the canyon's south wall to a high, grassy plateau where it winds through pinyon juniper stands and open grasslands offering views that stretch all the way to the Sedona Red Rocks Country and the San Francisco Peaks. Eleven miles from the trailhead at Beaver Creek, Bell Trail ends at Forest Road 214.
Like many of our fragile riparian areas along creeks and rivers, the area is day-use only. Camping and campfires are prohibited along much of Wet Beaver Creek to help minimize damage to the soil and vegetation, reduce disturbances to wildlife, and prevent pollution of the clean, clear water of the creek. Wet Beaver Creek flows into the Verde River, a critical water source for many cities and communities in Arizona.
This trip was in early spring when the trees were just beginning to leaf out and snowmelt from a heavy winter was clouding the creek. Photo taken March 2017 by Deborah Lee Soltesz. Source: U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest. Visit Bell Trail No. 13 and Coconino National Forest for more information.
This little Chipping Sparrow was my trail guide for the day. He would fly from Trail marker to Trail maker. When I got closer off he would go to the next marker.
Southeastern, Connecticut
Morning leg-stretcher before the drive to Twentynine Palms. A fine trail and a good day for it; not too hot and not too cold.
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Christmas 2014: "Desert Weirdness"
December 28: Climbing the Skyline; the scariest guard dog ever; to Twentynine Palms before the snow.
The park offers a wide variety of hiking options to meet the needs of the casual day hiker as well as the overnight backpacker looking for a challenge within a wilderness setting.
www.montcopa.org/922/Pennypack-Trail
The northernmost segment of Montgomery County’s Pennypack Trail, from Byberry Road to County Line Road in Lower Moreland Township, opened for public use in spring 2021. With the completion of this 0.7-mile section, the trail now extends for 6.2 miles along a scenic corridor beginning at the south in Rockledge Park and continuing north to the Bucks-Montgomery border at County Line Road.
Built on the former Fox Chase-Newtown SEPTA rail line, this 10- to 12- foot-wide gravel path provides level hiking and biking opportunities with scenic views of the Pennypack Creek valley.
Starting from the south at Rockledge Borough Park, at the intersection of Robbins & and Rockledge Avenues, the trail immediately crosses over Shady Lane and then a majestic 165-foot-long steel bridge that spans 35 feet above a small stream valley of a tributary to Pennypack Creek. For the next 2 miles, the trail runs along the western edge of the county’s Lorimer Park.
This is the Mist Trail heading up to Vernal Falls (317 feet). This is one of the most beautiful trails I have ever been on. The roar is overwhelming, the mist covers everything in a fine spray and makes the gray granite mountainside green. The very best time to visit Yosemite is in May before Memorial Day. You have to put in a permit request for a campsite in January though, so if your thinking of going its too late. ;) (PS. I happen to know the best camping spot in all of Yosemite Valley)
For Way Back Wednesday, taken in May 2003 on a backpacking trip with our good friends the Rudds.
Indian Trails Inc. Operates a free Wal-Mart Shuttle for seniors and low income people in Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, and Lansing Michigan utilizing 35 and 40 ft New Flyer buses. Bus 24 is a 1997 D40LF operating the free shuttle in Kalamazoo Michigan
We walked Ruby down to Maynards Green just before it really rained it was cloudy and spitting with rain. I liked the image of the couple on the trail and then the fungi caught my eye all hiding in the undergrowth and with very little light all are dark but the one bright image is of the convolvulus flower covered in rain drops.
Virginia Creeper Trial between White Top Mountain and Damascus, VA.
I took a few too many photos to "light up" the bike trail with my new GPS tracker.
Alkali Flat Trail, White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Ricoh KR-5, SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7
Kodak Gold 200
Inner Basin Trail in the San Francisco Peaks at the start of fall color season, 2017. In the Inner Basin, the interior valley of the San Francisco Peaks, hikers are treated to a view of all the highest peaks of the San Francisco Peaks.
Photo taken September 20, 2017 by Deborah Lee Soltesz. Credit U.S. Forest Service, Coconino National Forest.
Huawei P30 star trail mode, 32 minute exposure facing SSW. Various satellites and the odd Lyrid meteor.
The Lookout (Red Blaze) trail climbs to the top of "Le Grande Hill", the mountain overlooking Oakland and Pompton Lakes NJ. While the view is somewhat limited here, it is in no part any less spectacular. The NY Skyline is visible in the distance. Much of Bergen County and parts of Passaic County are visible from here
The studio is cooking... kiln firing up for the night, torch hissing, saw singing, and bench tops coated in fun bits and pieces. I know this is a slight departure from where I have been, but damn I really, really hope you come with me.
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2017
Trail Marker Brooch
Cast Fern
Hollow Form
Fossilized Mammoth Tusk
The trail passes through dynamic ecosystems, shaped by a history of active glaciation and erosion. The Taiya River flats serve as a habitat for black and brown bears, traveling between hillside dens and feeding during the annual runs of spawning salmon.
Backpacking along the Superior Trail in Minnesota with my brother (left) and his son.
The extra weight of my camera is always worth it!