An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: outdoors

  • Hiking The Midstate Trail

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    The Midstate Trail came into being sometime around the late 70’s according to the trail’s official website. When I’d reached the end of Rhode Island’s North/South trail, I decided it would be nice to continue out of the state of Rhode Island on foot, making my way north. The trail travels through Worcester county, and…

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  • Friday’s Photo: Lake of The Clouds

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    A set of tarns located in the col between Mount Monroe and Washington. These alpine lakes are at 5032 feet, near the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Lake of The Clouds Hut.

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    brown stones in the foreground. in the center a still body of water ringed by mountains in the background. An overcast sky is overhead.

  • Hiking The Belknaps

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    The insatiable hunger for another patch needed to be satiated. Licking my chops, I set my sights on the Belknaps. The peaks of the Belknap Range pack a fantastic visual punch despite their reasonable elevation. View from the Belknaps, New Hampshire, USA. My time in the mountains was limited. I had a few weekend dates…

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    grey granite ledge is in the foreground, framed by shrubs and trees. A mountain pass is in the distance with a dark blue sky scattered with wisps of white clouds

  • Sleeping Outdoors

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    My dearest would confirm, if you were able to ask, that I have a particular skill. That is the ability to fall asleep in most any space regardless of my surroundings. The steady hum of a ship’s engines, or the clackety- clack of a fast moving train makes my eyelids droop, putting me to sleep…

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    two brown hammocks covered by brown tarps are set up in the woods surrounded by rocks and shrubs.