An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: exploring

  • Hiking Armor

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    Do you have a secret formula for keeping the bugs at bay?

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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.

  • A Vanishing in The Wilderness

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    It was a crisp winter day, and the snow flurries continued through the hike, with strong below zero wind chill at the summit. We parted ways at the return to the trail head. I never saw him again.

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    snowpackjack
    Rays from the sun shine through a misty dense forest. A rugged hiking trail runs through the center of the image.

  • 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.