Posts by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AdRS6lJuQFpulvFGfQ by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-01-02T17:01:29Z
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Tall trees, first blush of autumn. Herron Pond outlet stream. Litchfield, Connecticut. October 1, 2021, 12:40 PM.#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #autumn #October #forest #lake #autumnvibes #naturephotography #trails #trees
(DIR) Post #AdS1cxVq7igKFSuiDA by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-01-02T23:44:19Z
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Deep blue twilight late winter sunset. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. February 24, 2020, 5:56 PM.#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #winter #February #forest #snow #ice #naturephotography #trails #lake #wintertime
(DIR) Post #AdVEmOxbKAxCrQbyiG by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-01-03T23:01:04Z
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The Reservoir in Bloom Sunset. New Britain Reservoir, Southington, Connecticut. September 28, 2020, 6:18 PM. Not sure what this white flowering plant was that proliferated on both shores, but there was a lot of it.#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #autumn #September #forest #wildflowers #flowers #autumnvibes #naturephotography #trails #lake
(DIR) Post #AdVXuVDtoyz3jLoMka by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-01-04T16:29:42Z
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Does tree fungus dream of white Christmases? Tree fungus catching the fresh falling snow. Finch Brook Preserve, Wolcott, CT. December 25, 2017, 3:18 PM.#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #winter #December #forest #snow #ice #naturephotography #trails #fungi #wintertime
(DIR) Post #AdVyGKpbjh3GgDWJZg by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-01-04T19:25:11Z
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Ball of fire sunset. The setting sun is going down so hot it's even melting those clouds. Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. May 25, 2021, 7:47 PM.#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #hikingadventures #nature #Connecticut #spring #May #forest #sunset #sunsets #sunsetphotography #trails #lake #springtime
(DIR) Post #Ai79muLhoXt6IQ1wW0 by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-05-06T12:36:48Z
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🧵 1/3May 6, 1983, 41 years ago today: My camera received heavy use this morning as well, as I traversed another group of scenic ridges with equally picturesque names.#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Georgia #nature #forest #mountains #adventure #trails #AppalachianTrail
(DIR) Post #Ai79mwusGlCwG4V3bs by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-05-06T12:37:15Z
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2/3The six miles of trail between Neels Gap and Tesnatee Gap featured a long uphill climb similar to yesterday’s and some steep downhills, but most of the trail was nicely graded.
(DIR) Post #Ai79mzNJ818jsponCq by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-05-06T12:37:34Z
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3/3The ridge crest and summits of Corbin Horse Stamp and Wolf Laurel Top were rather wooded, but the lack of foliage at the higher elevations and some nearby cliffs brought my camera out.From my book Then the Hail Came (A Humorous and Truthful Account of a 1983 #AppalachianTrail Thru-hike). Available in paperback, audiobook and eBook: https://amazon.com/dp/B09QFG4ZR6
(DIR) Post #Ai79n1rVsgURb5xwZ6 by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-05-06T12:37:52Z
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You can read or listen to my book for free if you are a Kindle Unlimited (eBook) or an Audible Plus (audiobook) subscriber. Both of these options are available from Amazon, where the paperback, eBook or audiobook can also be purchased.
(DIR) Post #AjOAmOZNZhxxl1R1Ye by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-06-28T13:41:47Z
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🧵 1/4June 28, 1983, 41 years ago today: After seven miles of virtually continuous climbing, I finally began a long descent from Bluff Mountain into the Pedlar River Valley. At a junction of woods roads a mile-and-a-half later, the AT turned right from the dirt track it had been following down the crest of Bluff Mountain and onto another.#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #virginia #mountains #nature #forest #AppalachianTrail
(DIR) Post #AjOAmQS0a5G5ak0ALY by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-06-28T13:42:00Z
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🧵 2/4I continued straight ahead, taking the quarter-mile side trail to Punchbowl Shelter for lunch. It was so early, and I had already come so far, that I was quite comfortable with removing my boots and socks and kicking back for an hour, munching and perusing the shelter register.
(DIR) Post #AjOAmS8aJGuSp4vgLg by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-06-28T13:42:08Z
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🧵 3/4The shelter sat at the edge of a slight bowl-shaped depression along the western slope of the Blue Ridge inside a setting from Tom Sawyer. Everything was intensely green. The road was a wide strip of grass broadening into a large meadow sloping gently downward to a tiny pond. The opposite shore was becoming densely overgrown with tall, pungent weeds. Even the waters of the pond had a slight greenish tinge of algae and mud.
(DIR) Post #AjOAmTnO938vxv1maW by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-06-28T13:42:19Z
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🧵 4/4Tadpoles swarmed in the murky shallows, while a chorus of bullfrogs croaked complacently in the soporific afternoon heat. A small spring trickled through a shallow ravine below the pond. I love exploring side trails; they almost always seem to pay off.From my book Then the Hail Came (A Humorous and Truthful Account of a 1983 Appalachian Trail Thru-hike). Available in paperback, audiobook and eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QFG4ZR6
(DIR) Post #AjOAmVoAf6xQCvPR5M by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-06-28T13:42:24Z
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You can read or listen to my book for free if you are a Kindle Unlimited eBook or an Audible Plus audiobook subscriber. Both of these options are available from Amazon, where the paperback, eBook or audiobook can also be purchased.
(DIR) Post #AjcwpzkXJSm1wzsIAi by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-07-05T15:56:03Z
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Evening descends upon the big field, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. May 24, 2020, 7:11 PM.#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #meadow #trails #springtime
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2024-08-24T16:09:04Z
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Bridge over autumn waters, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 19, 2019, 8:50 AM.#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #autumn #forest #autumnvibes #trails #lake
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2024-09-09T16:01:24Z
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Golden hour shoreline hike, Herron Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. September 3, 2024, 5:44 PM.#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #summer #forest #pond #evening #trails #summertime
(DIR) Post #Ao0lBNMnmkhSsgK30q by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2024-11-13T18:03:06Z
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One way or another, you're going to get wet. Rainy October hike at Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. October 29, 2019, 5:55 PM.#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #autumn #October #forest #autumnvibes #trails #lake #rain
(DIR) Post #AxoOMpU8JLu7PTnmxE by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-09-02T23:55:28Z
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Sunrise over Mount Riga, Ball Brook Campsite, Appalachian Trail, Salisbury, Connecticut. August 22, 2025, 6:20 AM.#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #summer #forest #sunrise #sunrisephotography #summertime
(DIR) Post #AzGyBKRFQzWE9p8rvE by GSteffanos@mstdn.social
2025-10-16T15:40:26Z
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Copper colored sunset, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. November 4, 2019, 4:33 PM. Clouds lift just in time for a dramatic sunset.#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #autumn #forest #sunset #sunsetphotography #lake