Friday, March 8, 2013

A Long Hike in the Woods

Appalachian Trail, Roan Mountain, North Carolina  © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved



A smooth graveled section of the Appalachian Trail 

passes through a spruce fir forest along the crest of Roan Mountain. 
From here, one could walk north to Maine, or south to Georgia. 
Either way, it would be a long, long, long hike in the woods.


18 comments:

  1. Wonderful Warm tones, would love to wander in these woods

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  2. It might be long but wouldn't you just love to walk the whole thing over time!

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  3. Great photo of this maze of trees, beautifully composed & captured! The long walk north sounds very appealing to me.

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  4. Nice picture with almost disturbing atmosphere !

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  5. wow movie scenery!Spectacular image!
    Léia

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  6. Great colour and serene atmosphere. I love the depth to the photograph with the details on the tree at the front drifting to the dense forest beyond.

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  7. Doug, Come walk the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania--notorious for being the roughest section of the entire trail. I don't think there's a smooth section of the trail like this in PA except where the trail comes out of the mountains and follows roads for a short distance. Most of our part of the trail is an ankle-turner.

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  8. i love how you present the majesty of this spruce forest, doug! after hiking them extensively last fall i'm a "sucker" for their beauty ...

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  9. I love it! A spring walk, the promise of summer...

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  10. For me, it's a magical and wonderful place. One of those places, that we just see in the movies.

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  11. So unfair that the US States are so great. ;o)
    So many yak's years will it take for me to walk from coast to coast?
    You have a good weekend.
    It's gonna be another grey day here tomorrow. :(

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  12. If you're gonna do the walk then a read of "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail" by Bill Bryson will entertain, amuse and inform. Meanwhile an excellent image.

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  13. i expect red riding hood to appear :)

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  14. it's not somewhere i'd like to get lost in but it sure looks nice.. :)

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  15. This is a great illustation of the difference! Perfect composition, as always!
    Have a nice day.

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