An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Tag: Travel

  • New England’s Scourge

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    Beneath the snow, they lie sleeping. Soon they’ll emerge again to wreak havoc on unsuspecting hikers.

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    snowpackjack
    tall stalks of golden grass reach towardsa blue sky

  • Wreck Hunting

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    A wrecked ship or boat is a forlorn site. Never to put to sea again, glory days past. I have a love of searching for wrecks of the nautical variety. My favorite finds are wooden ships. These are hard to come by now, as their age has past. The bones of these old ships remind…

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    snowpackjack
    The weathered spine and beams of a wooden sailing ship poke up from the sand on a rocky beach.

  • Nancy and I

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    Your old buddy Jack was in and out of sleep. The dawn was breaking and all was quiet. A voice whispered in his ear. “When are you coming for me?” Jack opened his eyes and rolled over. It wasn’t the wife, she was still asleep. He knew it was Nancy, calling him to her. Jack…

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    snowpackjack

  • The Highland Light

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    A storm front is approaching the Cape from the sea. Or is it?

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    snowpackjack
    A deep blue cloudy sky at nighfall. Below a lightkeepers house with a white lighthouse tower flashes a white beacon from it's lens. A window in the keepers house glows with a warm yellow colr.