Hail storm on the trail – I was expecting rain, but not hail. That’s the second time my rain gear has been tested recently. Bell Mountain – Day One.
Outdoor Activities
Time spent in the great outdoors hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, paddling, and shooting. Anything well away from the madding crowd.
Starting out on the Bell Mountain Trail – This wasn’t my first hike of the Bell Mountain Trail. We backpacked here during Spring Break 2012, again staying two nights. Then we’d gone around the loop counter-clockwise. This time I’d be going the opposite way around. 3 pictures
February 28, 2020 13:23
Bell Mountain North Trailhead Parking Lot. Bell Mountain – Day One. 3 pictures
February 28, 2020 13:09
February 2020, Big Piney Trail, Paddy Creek Wilderness – It was time for me to get out and clock up a few more miles. We first planned to visit Paddy Creek Wilderness in late December 2011, but with high winds in the forecast, we decided to go to Piney Creek instead. Somehow Paddy Creek Wilderness never featured in our plans after then. Now was a good time to put that right. Journal: 27 68
February 15, 2020 10:55
Back at the Collins Ridge Trailhead – and some notes on the trip. 2 pictures
January 27, 2020 13:33
Lunch stop on the Collins Ridge Trail. I promised myself a lunch stop, and I was going to have one. 2 pictures
January 27, 2020 13:00
On the Collins Ridge Trail. Moments after I took this picture four deer came running past.
January 27, 2020 12:12
Breakfast, pack up, and go.One-minute read. 3 pictures.
January 27, 2020 9:32
Day Three – Morning Light – I tried all sorts of shots to capture the light glistening in the frozen droplets on the branches. I failed.
January 27, 2020 9:00
Sunset at the North Fork River. 2
January 26, 2020 17:45
Sunset and ripples – Sunset at the North Fork River.
January 26, 2020 17:31
The setting sun bathes the world in pink.
January 26, 2020 17:23
Hiking (bushwhacking) the western end of the Mary Hollow Trail. 7
January 26, 2020 13:55
Sycamores in Mary Hollow – Having finished lunch, I packed up and hiked the last part of the McGarr Spring Trail back to Mary Hollow. Emerging into Mary Hollow these brightly lit sycamore trees caught my eye.
January 26, 2020 13:47
McGarr Spring – I have been meaning to visit this spring almost every time I’ve hiked in the Devil’s Backbone Wilderness, so I made it the focus of this trip. 4 pictures
January 26, 2020 13:37
Lunch at McGarr Spring. 6 pictures
January 26, 2020 13:03
Stock pond on the McGarr Spring Trail – The water in this pond looked very clear and clean.
January 26, 2020 11:47
The unofficial McGarr Spring Trail is very well marked – It’s a sad comment on the state of things, that the unofficial trails are better maintained and marked than the official ones looked after by the Forest Service. One-minute read
January 26, 2020 11:43
Trailside Fungi. In my current favorite color. 2 pictures
January 26, 2020 11:40
Trail Junctions – Devil’s Backbone Wilderness. 3 pictures
January 26, 2020 11:21
Breakfast, and time to hit the trail. 3 pictures
January 26, 2020 8:48
Day Two – Sunrise near Mary Hollow.
January 26, 2020 8:20
Mary Hollow Trail – I liked the colors and light.
January 25, 2020 15:44
Icicles. 3 pictures