An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Category: Photography

  • Eastern Point Lighthouse

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    This lighthouse vexed me in my efforts to get a worthy image. Known as America’s oldest seaport, the harbor is a busy place, it would be a long walk to the breakwater.

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    snowpackjack
    A white lighthouse and keepers house with a red roof sits in the left corner of the image under a blue sky. rocky shoreline in Gloucester Harbor is in the foreground. Ocean waves break on the rocks from the right side of the image.

  • Norcross Pond

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    Norcross Pond, Pemigewasset Wilderness, New Hampshire USA Today’s image is a teaser from my return to the White Mountains of New Hampshire on Sunday. It was a lovely hike, and there’s a lot to unpack. Details coming in a future post. Happy Monday!

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    snowpackjack

  • Spring Point Ledge

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    This little “spark plug” caisson style lighthouse is the only one in the U.S. you can walk to. It reminds me of many of Rhode Island’s lighthouses, that are often located in the water near channels, and require a kayak or boat to reach. I had been traveling to Maine to photograph some of the…

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    snowpackjack
    A lighthouse centered in the image on a jetty of granite boulders. The lighthouses beacon is illuminated above the tower. The sky is overcast at night with dark clouds.

  • Photo Friday: The Big Easy

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    The snow west of Texas had turned us around. Our road trip had begun on the East Coast and we had reached as far as Amarillo, but could go no further. Our destination had been to reach the “Four Corners”. The only place in the U.S. where four states meet: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New…

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    snowpackjack
    a jazz musician plays a trumpet pointed at the sky on a city street near Bourbon st. in New Orleans.