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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5m

The last open sign before the end of the world

#UrbanGaze #storm #sky #clouds #cloudscape #LightAndShadows #rain #EastCoastKin #newyork #moody

Evening storm rolling in — a wall of clouds meeting the glow of streetlights.

DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 12h

Hidden #waterfall in #Minnewaska cascades over mossy ledges.

#waterfallWednesday #landscape #nature
#landscapephotography
#naturephotography
#forest #stateparks
#ProtectOurParks #EastCoastKin #winter
#TrailTextures

A small untrailed waterfall in Minnewaska flowing over rocky ledges, surrounded by leafless trees and patches of ice in bright winter sunlight

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 21h

#Shadow and #light vie for supremacy in Pecoy Notch - hemlocks holding the dark, birches gathering the sun. Between them, a small #waterfall reflects their contest.

#WaterfallWednesday
#HikingLog #Catskills #TwinMountain
#hiking #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography
#EastCoastKin

Small waterfall flowing over mossy rock into a pool scattered with autumn leaves. The surrounding forest shifts from dark hemlock shade to bright birch canopy glowing with fall color.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 1d

How does it not fall? 👀

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 2d

Water gathering from every slope, collecting in a quiet #wetland. Flat #rocks break the surface like a faint #trail leading nowhere in particular

#RockinTuesday #HikingLog #Catskills #hikingnewyork
#hikingphotography #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography
#EastCoastKin #scenic

Shallow wetland of Peconic Notch at the foot of a forested mountain, with flat gray stones forming a loose path across clear water. Autumn leaves and reflections shimmer around the rocks, with the slope behind glowing in fall colors.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 2d

Pecoy Notch is a land of forgotten bluestone quarries, stacked slabs and silent walls. "Catskill chairs" - a throne of rock, weathered and waiting.

#HikingLog #Catskills #TwinMountain
#hiking #hikingphotography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #quarry #BlueSky
#MountainMonday #EastCoastKin

A person wearing a bandana and holding a trekking pole stone chair built from flat bluestone slabs with Catskills mountains in the background.

A person with an orange backpack stands on stacked bluestone slabs overlooking a valley of autumn-colored forest. A district shape of Kaaterskill High Peak rises in the distance under a bright blue sky.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 3d

Twin Mountain
Trailhead: Roaring kill (not much roaring - too dry)
Distance: ~8.5 miles
Elevation gain: ~1,900 ft
Highlights: Twin’s two summits, sweeping views in fall color
Notes: Devil's Path is steep and scrambly - you got to work for these views.

Expansive mountain landscape with rolling forested hills fading into distant blue ridges, with hemlocks and autumn-colored shrubs in the foreground.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 3d

#HikingLog 1
Twin Mountain, #Catskills

#hiking #hikingphotography #hikingadventure #nature #naturephotography #hikingNewYork #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #fall #orange #blue #TwinMountain

A person with an orange backpack sits on a rocky ledge overlooking layered blue mountains and valleys covered in autumn foliage, under a hazy blue sky.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 3d

I’m going to try something different. Since I hike every week, I might as well post these hikes as weekly logs. Over the next year, I’ll be revisiting the Catskills High Peaks, this time with my son. This is roughly the area we will be covering

The map of my Catskills and Shawangunks hikes

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 4d

It's the Delaware river - definitely no gators there. There are occasional water snakes 😀

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 4d

Just another totally normal way to #relax at the beach.

#photography #PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #HumansOfBlueSky #river #beach #nature #gymnastics #outdoors

A one-handed cartwheel by the Delaware river - because who relaxes by just sitting still?

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you

DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Between golden leaves above and mossy stones and silver water below, you can breathe and #relax freely.

#BlueSkyArtShow #nature #photography #hiking #hikingNewYork #hikingphotography #Catskills
#landscape #stateparks #landscapephotography
#naturephotography #green #orange

A woodland stream flows gently over moss-covered rocks, framed by tall trees with golden and orange autumn leaves.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Yes. Here is the reason. You have to squeeze through this to get down.

A very narrow rock crevice that leads to Thacher State Park rock climbing area.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Somewhat underappreciated state park in #newyork - Fahnestock State Park.

#scape #ForestFriday #autumn #hiking #hikingphotography
#HikingNewYork
#photography #landscape
#landscapephotography
#nature #naturephotography
#stateparks #EastCoastKin

The rolling hills of Fahnestock State Park, painted in full autumn colors

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed 😊

DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 6d

#gates to Thacher State Park climbing area. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle...

#PalacesAndGardens (almost) #hiking #hikingphotography #hikingNewYork #stateparks
#EastCoastKin

Wooden gate under a small timber roof labeled “Squeeze Box” at the "restricted" entry to the rock climbing area at Thacher State Park.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 7d

Alone with her craft.

#HumansOfBlueSky
#UrbanGaze #street #city #photography #streetphotohraphy #urbanhiking #QuietMoments
#travelphotography #Canada #Quebec #QuebecCity #EastCoastKin

Outdoor artisan market in Quebec City with stone building, spiral staircase, and craft shops under the trees.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 7d

Diamond Notch Falls - a veil of water, moss, and stone along the Devil's Path in #Catskills.

#WaterfallWednesday #hikingNewYork #newyork #hiking #waterfalls #photography #nature #landscape
#landscapephotography
#naturephotography
#stateparks #EastCoastKin

Diamond Notch Falls in Catskills. Thin streams of water falling over layered rock ledges covered in moss.

Diamond Notch Falls ledge taken from the top. Not a tall waterfall but quiet and pretty.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 8d

Almost Perpendicular (yes, this is the actual name) #cliff in Harriman #statepark, bushwhacking from below. Yet another fine example of Precambrian gneiss.

#RockinTuesday
#photography #landscape
#landscapephotography
#nature #naturephotography
#hiking #hikingnewyork #newyork #geology #EastCoastKin

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 9d

The ledges of Friday Mountain in the #Catskills. Out of all Catskills High peaks, Friday was the only difficult one. Also, one with the best views.

#RockinTuesday #rocks #cliff
#nature #naturephotography #hiking #hikingphotography #EastCoastKin #newyork #hikingnewyork #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Autumn forest path next to a tall cliff ledge on Friday Mountain at Catskills, lit by golden leaves overhead.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 9d

Wolf's milk slime mold. Somewhere in the #Catskills

#MacroMonday #slimemold #fungi (not really) #Myxomycetes #nature
#photography #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #ForestFloor #hiking #hikingphotography #EastCoastKin

Close-up of Wolf’s Milk slime mold (Lycogala epidendrum) showing small round pinkish-orange spheres clustered on a decaying mossy log.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 10d

Hiked Hunter mountain Diamond Falls loop in the Catskills. Very hazy and occasionally cloudy day.

#hiking #hikingPhotography
#hikingnewyork #Catskills #newyork #stateparks
#photography #landscape
#landscapephotography
#nature #naturephotography #stunday #EastCoastKin

West Kill cascading over mossy rocks surrounded by autumn leaves.

West Kill and St.Anna mountain in fall colors

More West Kill Cascades flowing over rocks beneath trees with golden autumn leaves.

View from a Hunter Mountain fire tower overlooking hemlock forest and distant mountains in fall colors under dramatic clouds.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 11d

Into the gap.
The last post before I lose connection

#TheRoad #PhotographersOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyArtShow #scape
#photography
#landscape
#landscapephotography
#nature
#naturephotography

Curving mountain road beneath dramatic gray storm clouds in autumn.

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DistractedHiker @distractedhiker.bsky.social · 11d

Golden light filters through tall trees, casting long shadows across #TheRoad .

#BlueSkyArtShow
#photography
#landscape #hiking
#landscapephotography
#nature #stateparks
#naturephotography
#minnewaska #EastCoastKin
#forest #PhotographersOfBluesky

Sunset light shining through tall trees, illuminating a lone hiker on the road.

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