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Here are some pics from a recent solo day hike. Harriman State Park is on the west side of the Hudson.
Much of the day was spent directly across the river from Indian Point Nuclear Facility. It's pretty unnerving being so close to those cooling towers:
Like most hikes on the Hudson, this one starts climbing steeply up from the river:
At one point in the late 1800's they built a rail-bed up on the ridge I was hiking running north-south, but it never was completed. Some of the remnants do remain however, and part of the trail follows the old line:
This is a partially completed tunnel:
I did some more climbing and crossed a bunch of streams:
I was a little nervous about getting multiple stings when I walked through this patch of wildflowers because the bees were heavily swarming and the buzzing was so loud it was freaky:
Like I mentioned, Indian Point dominates the landscape:
I found this feather on the trail today and attached it to my pack:
Obligatory knife shot with an F-1:
Here is the view looking north from one of the high points of the hike:
This turkey buzzard took me by surprise when he landed no more than 10 yards from me. In all my decades of hiking in the mountains, that has never happened. Ugly sucker ain't he?
Across the valley is a lean-to I've stayed at before, and Perkins tower on top of bear Mt. These are fully zoomed in. The lean to is about 2 miles away and the tower is about 4.
This area is about 50 miles from NYC, and while I could see it, here is a better picture I took last year from Bear Mt.:
Obligatory close-up flower shot:
Part of my route included the 1777 trail, which was ridiculously rocky:
Even with Indian Point ruining some of the views, it was a great hike and very strenuous. Also, it was hot and humid so I was sweating like a pig, but as this last picture proves, autumn, and its cool, crisp days, are right around the corner:
BEAN
Much of the day was spent directly across the river from Indian Point Nuclear Facility. It's pretty unnerving being so close to those cooling towers:
Like most hikes on the Hudson, this one starts climbing steeply up from the river:
At one point in the late 1800's they built a rail-bed up on the ridge I was hiking running north-south, but it never was completed. Some of the remnants do remain however, and part of the trail follows the old line:
This is a partially completed tunnel:
I did some more climbing and crossed a bunch of streams:
I was a little nervous about getting multiple stings when I walked through this patch of wildflowers because the bees were heavily swarming and the buzzing was so loud it was freaky:
Like I mentioned, Indian Point dominates the landscape:
I found this feather on the trail today and attached it to my pack:
Obligatory knife shot with an F-1:
Here is the view looking north from one of the high points of the hike:
This turkey buzzard took me by surprise when he landed no more than 10 yards from me. In all my decades of hiking in the mountains, that has never happened. Ugly sucker ain't he?
Across the valley is a lean-to I've stayed at before, and Perkins tower on top of bear Mt. These are fully zoomed in. The lean to is about 2 miles away and the tower is about 4.
This area is about 50 miles from NYC, and while I could see it, here is a better picture I took last year from Bear Mt.:
Obligatory close-up flower shot:
Part of my route included the 1777 trail, which was ridiculously rocky:
Even with Indian Point ruining some of the views, it was a great hike and very strenuous. Also, it was hot and humid so I was sweating like a pig, but as this last picture proves, autumn, and its cool, crisp days, are right around the corner:
BEAN
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