More Autumn in New England (Pic heavy)

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Inspired by the recent postings of TonyM and Big Mike, I made my way to New England this weekend on a quest for fall foliage. I went to Macedonia State Park near Kent, CT on Saturday. I hit the trail just as our most recent Nor' Easter was pulling out. There was some rain, some shine, heavy winds and some really wet trails. The foliage was great and well worth the trek.

We started off walking down this old dirt road for a mile or so. The sun had not yet broken out.

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Next we started scrambling up to some Mountain tops.

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Got to some views.

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Did some more hiking and saw some cool stuff. Got lichen?

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How about fungi?

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More "wicked good" colors (it's a New England thing):

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Boom!!!

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Stripping some bark off a walking stick with my Breeden Pathfinder.

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What a great knife. 5" O1 blade. Orange G-10. Razor sharp and easy to keep that way.

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Back down into the woods.

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Shelf fungus.

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Walking back to the car.

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The views were still good on the drive home.

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On Sunday I was lucky enough to make it back out to the local woods with my 11 year old son for some mountain biking.

My boy (check out his perfect form):

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Me:

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Thanks for checking out my pics.

Beanbag.
 
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Very nice! That retaining wall along the road is cool. Love the pictures of the horses. Thanks for sharing.
 
Beautiful photos, awesome colors, thanks for sharing!

Yeah...Bryan can put a pretty scarry edge on a knife.
 
Stunning pics!

Macedonia Brook is a beautiful park, and Kent is full of awesome trails.

You did an outstanding job of capturing Autumn's beauty!
 
mistwalker said:
Yeah...Bryan can put a pretty scarry edge on a knife.
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I'll bet he can. But truth be told, I really wouldn't know. I bought this blade used from Rockywolf and sent it to Twinblade for sharpening. He put a fantastic, scary sharp, polished and easy to maintain convex edge on it.

This blade is absolutely tough and versatile.
 
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Great pics. I'm really loving all the fall foliage you guys are posting, looks amazing. I don't get to see much leaf change here, only a few types of trees around here do that.
 
tonym said:
Stunning pics!

Macedonia Brook is a beautiful park, and Kent is full of awesome trails.

You did an outstanding job of capturing Autumn's beauty!
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Thanks for the compliment Tony, and for the heads up on CT knife laws. Also, you were right about the trails being "well marked." They really over did it with the blazes up there. Way too much paint on the trees.
 
beanbag said:
They really over did it with the blazes up there. Way too much paint on the trees.
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Yeah, I don't think you will ever read about a hiker loosing a trail in CT:D

It is handy to teach kids how to read trail markers though:thumbup:
 
I love macedonia, good fishing there too. I was just up at Skiff Mtn. for pheasant on saturday.
 
Being from Texas, I don't see a lot of Autumn. It literally goes from 105 degrees to 30 degress in a month. The leaves fall very quickly without much color changing. Thanks so much for the pics. I really have to take trips North to experience this!
 
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