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Autumn on a dirt road thru the woods in Leesylvania State Park. A red trail marker can be seen on the tree ahead to the left. It's marking Lee's Woods Trail. #autumn #fall #DirtRoad #trail #LeesylvaniaStatePark #Lee'sWoodsTrail #sentier #Pfad #道 #arbres #Bäume #森 #CountryRoad
With trail signs like these you can't really get lost. Even if it snows, which at altitudes above 2500m can also happen in summer, you will definitely find your way 😉 Happy Sunday ☀️
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With a prolonged stretch of unseasonably wet grey weather, I can't say I've been inspired to be outside with my camera very much. However, cooler weather seems to be settling in and we even have snow again. All that pristine whiteness makes it such a joy to get out of the house. In this trail mix, two routes were combined into one and the colorful markers caught my eye.
There's a sign just before this section of the trail that warns of a very narrow crevice and is not for someone with claustrophobia or with a larger backpack. It looks a bit dubious from this end but proved just wide enough - if you turned your shoulders in some passages. It was pretty cool, actually, both literally and figuratively, but I sure wouldn't want to meet a skunk in there.
As for the picture, with the sun behind the clouds and the ISO kept down to 640 to minimize the noise in my trusty old Canon, I just managed a handheld shot at 1/25th sec.
Patience is one of those virtues that is most appreciated by those around you - especially when repeatedly being asked to stop what you're doing to be included in a photo. I am always grateful for that.
We finally have enough snow to get snowshoes on the trail and it was a great way to enjoy a brisk winter day. Had to be careful, though - lot's of rocks, holes, and crevices in this area. Using hiking poles was often a must for testing deeper snow ahead. Blue side trail blazes (see one here?) were also much easier to follow as compared to the white version of the main trail, which were frequently difficult to see in the snowy trees. In fact, we missed a turn at one point and had to hunt around for it.
With the number of Covid cases increasing alarmingly, it seems inevitable that we are heading for another lockdown. Consequently, I feel a renewed sense of urgency to get outside and on the trail as often as we can. Here, focusing on the moment comes much easier.
It may seem odd to say we were looking for trees in the forest but that's exactly what we did today. It was a gorgeous winter morning - cold, with intermittent sun, and a fresh snowfall. A perfect day to get outside and capture a scene with an eye to a new (to us) editing technique in Photoshop.
Even better - it's local, so we could be here within the confines of the current lockdown.
After several days of grey skies and damp cold, there was finally sunshine. It was great to be out on the trail again and to embrace lens flare where it occurred. I've also included some liberal editing to fit into the Sliders Sunday (HSS) theme.
Camping at the Lava Beds National Monument near Mount Shasta. Driving into the area, visitors get a view of solidified lava flows and lava rock formations. One gets a feeling of being on another planet. At night, the view of the Milky Way is so impressive, you feel like you could almost touch the stars. But the highlight of the trip has to be the underground caverns and tunnels. Some of passages are so narrow, that one has to crawl on their hands and knees to get through. Truly a challenging adventure destination and the area is rich in natural and local history.
After a very wet leadup to Christmas, it's great to finally get some normal winter conditions and be able to strap on the snowshoes. Hope everyone had a good weekend and the good folks to the south of us in the US are safe with the stormy weather they are having there.
This was day five of our recent cold snap with finally enough snow to bring out the snowshoes. Have I mentioned that I like winter?
Recently, out for a walk on the red trail after a fresh snowfall, it started up again and we were soon enveloped in a world of whiteness. I love how falling snow absorbs sound and quiets nearby city noises.
From Round Bald, Roan Highlands, North Carolina, NC, Tennessee, TN
This was taken from the summit of Round Bald looking toward Roan High Knob. The clouds on this day were the most wicked I've ever seen. They had so much movement and energy it was amazing to watch. And they were in all directions.
View of Sykes Mountain from the State Line Trail near the brink of Bighorn Canyon, looking southwest. The trail lies just north of the Wyoming State Line within Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Sykes Mountain, also within the Recreation Area, is a prominent hogback on the southwest flank of Little Mountain. The foreground features Pennsylvanian Tensleep Sandstone. Exposed along the ridge at Sykes Mountain are rock layers ranging from Triassic red beds at the base to Lower Cretaceous formations near the top.
Native Americans would bend young trees to create permanent trail markers. These could mark various safe trails, areas where food or water could be found, or other important sites.
These were seen near Jordan's Pond, in Acadia National Park.
The indigenous people who had inhabited this area were known as the Wabanaki people, a collective term for the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes. This translates to "People of the Dawnland".
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For 122 pictures in 2022 #59 "Left behind", we saw the shovel leaning against a trail marker in Choke Canyon State Park, Texas. At first I assumed it is for hikers to bat away attacking flycatchers, but then realized it was just left behind by someone working along the trail.
Back out on the trails on this second week of March. We have mild temps (low 70s) and sunny skies!
Sharps Ridge Veterans Memorial Park
North Knoxville, Tennessee
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
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The Old Spanish Trail is a historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately 700 mi long, the trail ran through areas of high mountains, arid deserts, and deep canyons. -- Courtesy Wikipedia.
low altitude - high attitude
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Cool orange signpole made by the local Hiking and Outdoor activity Group in the trail network of the island.
Kitchen Inukshuk (trailmarker) leading to the candy cupboard. A chocolate a day keeps the blues away. (Now where is the wine?) Have a fun day my friends....Life is too short to e taken too seriously! EXPLORED # 414 Nov. 10
Snowshoeing through these woods on a cool (-14 C) morning with not a breath of wind, no sounds other than our own, and not another soul nearby, definitely gives one a bit of perspective on your significance in the grand scheme of things.
On a daily walk to alleviate cabin fever, I started noticing that someone had placed painted stones with little messages of encouragement in various places around a local park. It's kind of like an Easter egg hunt - once you find one or two, you start looking for more. This one had a message indicating, "Love (from 6 feet)."
I was hoping for deep red sunlight at daybreak but once again there was a layer of clouds on the horizon preventing that special event. Never the less it was a pretty sunrise on the Appalachian Trail at Little Hump Mountain. ...very chilly up there this morning, around freezing with a steady 20 mph wind.
The yellow trail is the one I am drawn to most often the shade is a respite from the blazing sun the stillness invites a meditative state. The trail is several miles long and so many times I think I’ll turn around when I get to the next bend then I get to that bend and continue going forward because there’s always something new to discover and ponder.
Last Sunday was supposed to be sunny all day. That didn't quite happen until the last couple of hours but it was spectacular none-the-less. We did a snowshoe hike along a section of the Bruce Trail and the biggest challenge was finding the white blaze markers on the snowy trees - kind of a "Where's Waldo" thing. See one here in this image? For quite some distance, we followed fresh coyote and rabbit tracks, the owners of which seemed to have an uncanny ability to follow the trail markers as well. There was no sign that one caught up with the other so hopefully, everyone was able to go home that night.