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**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 12h

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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May 16, 1983: The rain continued to slacken, finally tapering off by mid-morning. We had a late start to Fontana, but it was only a 7-mile hike. The sun began to break out as we climbed the Yellow Creek Range. The trail was not overly difficult, and the afternoon turned out to be a pleasant one. At one point along the ridge crest, I got a great picture of Fontana Dam

We are standing high atop a mountain. The sun is shining brightly. We are standing beside a flowering tree looking out at other trees covered with small bright green sprouting leaves or white buds. Below us is a valley with a large hydroelectric dam and its lake. The trees below us are intensely green, it is late spring down there. Although we cannot see the sky in this photo, the shadows below tell us it is mostly sunny in and around the valley. Beyond the lake the forested slopes of a towering mountain range rise from the lake, eventually disappearing into a deck of clouds sitting over the mountaintops.

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**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 1d

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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October 2, 1983: My first three-and-a-half miles took me through the end of the wilderness. The Appalachian Trail wound through an attractive forest, and it was gentle walking.

We are standing on a hill looking down over the treetops towards a broad river below us. It is raining. The river mirrors the gray sky. The far riverbank is also wooded, but the ridge just beyond is part of an area that was burnt over several years earlier. It is covered with the white charred still-standing trunks of dead trees and some shrub growth. Beyond that ridge are the lower slopes of mountain that quickly disappear into very low clouds. Some of the trees on our riverbank are turning gold or orange. The trees on the opposite bank are a riot of golds, oranges, reds and greens.

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**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 2d

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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October 2, 1983: A side trail brought me to Big Niagara Falls (no, the other one). The falls were not enormous (no, that’s the other one), but they were impressive enough, and quite scenic.

The twilight gloom of a rainy day. A roaring stream churns through massive gray and beige rock formations in a lively series of flumes and cascades between forested banks teeming with maples. Red, orange and gold foliage and the bright trunks of white birch trees contrast with the dark green spruce and fir.

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**Elizabeth** @Elizabeth@piaille.fr · 3d

Elizabeth @Elizabeth@piaille.fr

Je continue dans mes questions

La remorque vélo : utile ou inutile ? Ou on part directement avec le biporteur ?

Les sacs de couchage étroits au bout, c'est pas désagréable ?

Matelas autogonflant ou pas ?

On met quoi comme sacoches sur les vélos des filles ? 20 et 24 pouces.

Y'a pas trop de vols dans les campings ? Comment on sécurise les affaires quand on visite pendant un trajet ?

Et les conseils que vous auriez aimé recevoir ?

Merci !

#randonnéeVélo #VoyageAVelo #cyclotourisme

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 3d

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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July 22, 1983: I took my third and final break of the day about four miles past Neys Shelter at Auburn Lookout, the sole viewpoint from the Appalachian Trail all day. It was a rock outcrop hanging high above Port Clinton village and a long curve of the Schuylkill River Valley.

Beneath a deep blue sky with a few streaky clouds, we are standing high atop a mountain looking down into a sprawling valley. The view is framed by tall trees to our right and treetops below us. The valley is almost flat, with a few low hills. Just below us it is cut by a rather wide river with wooded banks that is spanned by a graceful single arch bridge. Just beyond the bridge is a small city with houses, parks and larger buildings. Beyond this city the valley is covered with farm fields and pastures, farm buildings and patches of forest. Some of the small hills are wooded, and there are narrow strips of trees as wind breaks between some of the fields. The air is relatively clear for summer, you can see for miles. A hazy line of mountains rises along the horizon, far in the distance.

#backpacking #hiking #landscapephotography

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 4d

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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September 22, 1983: The ascent of Little Bigelow was gradual and the new trail well laid-out. The AT reached the ridgeline of the mountain and traversed a series of rocky knobs, several of which had open ledges. The sun had finally broken through, and the day had turned clear and beautiful. The haze was gone from the air, replaced by a crisp hint of chill.

We are standing on open light gray rock ledges atop a mountain looking over the treetops at a much loftier range of mountains arcing to our left as it stretches into the distance. Its slopes descend towards a valley on our left. There are some rocky patches along the ridge crests and a set of massive gray granite cliffs to the left of the crest as it ascends the nearest mountain. Everything else in the picture is covered with a lush forest consisting mostly of teal colored evergreens, with streaks of hardwoods turning red, gold and orange for autumn. The sky is clear and bright, but a bit hazy and whitewashed. The ledges are covered with pale green and dark green lichen. There are a few stunted spruce and leafy shrubs that have turned brick red or bright gold with autumn.

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**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 5d *

5d *

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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August 16, 1983: The Appalachian Trail followed dirt roads for most of the ensuing five miles to US 7; the final mile or so was on a paved road. I passed through an attractive mixture of farms and woods: green and gold fields of ripening corn, cool, dark forest groves, green pastures dappled with yellow dandelions, some amazing views back towards the Taconics.

Beneath a cloudless deep blue sky a very light beige dirt road passes between two farm fields of tall grass. There are many white flowers growing among the grass just at each side of the road. A corner of a cornfield is just visible far to our left. The fields end at the edge of a forest ahead. Beyond that forest rises a chain of wooded mountains.

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**Tim Stanton** @TimKStanton@mstdn.social · 5d

Tim Stanton @TimKStanton@mstdn.social

Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy this pic of this beautiful tidal marsh that I saw on a walk near the ocean yesterday. This marsh is connected to the ocean (but not seen in this pic). I could hear the pounding of the surf from the ocean the entire walk! #ocean #hiking #CapeCod

Photo of marsh as viewed from edge. The water leads away from the camera toward the horizon where the ocean is (but the ocean is not seen). Tan and brown grasses line the edges of the water.

#nature #NaturePhotography #walking

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · 6d

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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May 18, 1983: After lunch, the ridge crest was one open grassy meadow after another, with long, lush green grass and clusters of trees in full bud adding pinks, whites and reds.

We are atop a lofty ridge crest walking a footpath bordered with lush green grass through thickets of rhododendron and small leafless trees beneath a bright hazy whitewashed sky. From the peak the trail will descend through a forest of small trees. Some of the treetops are visible around the summit. Most are still leafless, though many are budding. A series of other mountain ranges cascade to the horizon, fading into the haze.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors

**Seasons of Jason** @killyourfm@layer8.space · Mar 27 *

Mar 27 *

Seasons of Jason @killyourfm@layer8.space

Time for adventure!!
Next stop: Henry Coe State Park.
#backpacking

A red backpack with a solar panel attached to the back sits on a leaf-covered ground. Next to it, a blue Crocs shoe is placed, with hints of evening light in the background.

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · Mar 27

Mar 27

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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May 3, 1983: At a spot called Three Forks, four miles from Springer Mountain, the #AppalachianTrail crossed a fire road beside the convergence of three streams which had become raging torrents. A blinding mass of rain was creating a surreal, semi-aquatic woodland.

Beneath a gray overcast sky, we are on a trail in the middle of a forest of trees that are still leafless. It is very early spring up here, the grass is just beginning to grow on the forest floor. There are a few patches of bare dark soil and numerous fallen leaves from last autumn as well. A dense fog is engulfing everything. An old-fashioned hiking stick is lying in the trail near us: a fallen branch stripped of bark and side branches.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors

**Going on a (road) trip** @roadtrip@pixelfed.social · Mar 27

Mar 27

Going on a (road) trip @roadtrip@pixelfed.social

#Freedom #Camping #WoolleysBay #NewZealand #Neuseeland #Backpacking #Roadtrip

#roadtrip

**Schalk Cronjé** @ysb33r@mountains.social · Mar 26

Mar 26

Schalk Cronjé @ysb33r@mountains.social

For the South African audience:

I have 6 spots open for the High 5 hiking trail near Machadodorp for Easter long weekend (18-21/4/25).

If anyone is interested in taking them over you are welcome. (Or you can join up with the existing group).

Please RT for wider exposure.

#southafrica #mpumalanga #hiking

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · Mar 26

Mar 26

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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Pictured: Pen Mar Park from High Rock.
July 14, 1983: Entering Pen Mar Park was a relief. In the years around 1900, this spot was billed as the Coney Island of the Blue Ridge, with an amusement park, seven hotels and about a hundred boarding houses. After years of slow decline, the park was forced out of business by World War II gas rationing in 1943.

Beneath a soft blue summer sky with hazy white clouds we are atop the crest of Blue Mountain standing on a grassy overlook looking across a dense thicket of shrubs and then the treetops of the forested mountainside below. We are looking north along the wooded ridgeline of Blue Mountain into Pennsylvania, where the mountain becomes more of a mountain range, throwing out impressive spur ridges. To our left is a small wedge of the vast agricultural Cumberland Valley with farms and small villages. Straight ahead on a small plateau partway down the western slope of blue mountain is a large grassy park: Pen Mar County Park in Maryland on the Pennsylvania border.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors

**Seasons of Jason** @killyourfm@layer8.space · Mar 25 *

Mar 25 *

Seasons of Jason @killyourfm@layer8.space

Just tried this and it’s delicious! This is my new morning Mexican Mocha on the trail.

An image featuring a packet of Nestlé Abuelita Mexican Style Instant Hot Chocolate Mix and a single-serve pack of Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee. The items are placed on a wooden surface.

#Backpacking #Camping

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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September 24, 1983: From the bank, it all looked so peaceful. Golden sun-drops swirled innocently over foam-flecked blue and soft breezes stirred the pines. The initial fifteen or twenty yards to the gravel bar was almost anticlimactic. The current was strong, but the water was barely ankle-deep.

Beneath a hazy blue sky with a few streaky clouds we are standing at on a shaded rocky bank of a wide but shallow river. The opposite shore is also a jumble of rocks and small boulders, a long, narrow bar of ricks and gravel lies not far from that riverbank. A low wooded ridge rises above the far bank.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors

**Going on a (road) trip** @roadtrip@pixelfed.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

Going on a (road) trip @roadtrip@pixelfed.social

Starting the day at #BreamerBay. #Sunrise #NewZealand #Neuseeland #Backpacking #Roadtrip

#roadtrip

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · Mar 24

Mar 24

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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August 15, 1983: As I entered Sages Ravine, I crossed the Massachusetts border. Ten states down and four to go.

We are standing on a rock outcrop at the top of a high cliff. Much of the cliff top around us is covered with greenish gold grassy plants and small green shrubs. On the right of our picture the ridge crest continues over a forested plateau with series of wooded prominences. We can just see the edge of this plateau and several ridges running down to the valley below. Most of our view is the relatively flat Housatonic Valley below us and stretching out to the low, rolling Litchfield Hills along the horizon. Both hills and valleys are mostly wooded with some green fields and pastures, especially in the valley.

#backpacking #landscapephotography #hiking

**Tim Stanton** @TimKStanton@mstdn.social · Mar 23

Mar 23

Tim Stanton @TimKStanton@mstdn.social

I hiked on a new local trail today— one that led to this lake. I am very familiar with the lake as I had already canoed on it, including paddling around this island that is in the middle of this pic. So nice to revisit it on foot! #hiking #nature

Photo of reflective lake as viewed from shore. Reflections of trees on island and far side of lake seen in the water. Blue sky overhead.

#backpacking #reflection #reflections

**George Steffanos** @GSteffanos@mstdn.social · Mar 23

Mar 23

George Steffanos @GSteffanos@mstdn.social

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June 13, 1983: The Appalachian Trail was a varied and interesting experience this afternoon. The first mile followed paved state roads through the remainder of the broad farming valley bisected by the Interstate. It was a nice roadwalk. I passed scores of cows, several horses, a few pigs, and acres of pasture.

The sky is a beautiful light blue with a few small hazy clouds. We are looking past a rustic wooden fencepost helping support five strands of barbed wire. There is some very tall grass growing along the fenceline. Beyond that, a tall tree frames the right side of the photo. There are pastures and farm fields, a few trees, a large unpainted wood barn with a rusty metal sloped roof and a tall silo next to a pair of large old trees.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors

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