Sometimes the Appalachian Trail looks like this. This was a few days ago, just after entering Maryland. The Trail itself is on the right. That lower grassy area to the left is the waterless (at this spot, anyway) C & O Canal. The Trail shares the canal’s towpath for a couple miles before crossing the canal and moving up into the hills. There’s an active railroad track up above the canal bed on top of the stone wall to the left. #appalachiantrail #Maryland #canals #at2015
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Sometimes the Appalachian Trail looks like this. The white blaze is on a post in the grass to the left. The farmer in the white cowboy hat is on the tractor to the right, mowing the rest of the meadow. This was in northern Maryland. #appalachiantrail #Maryland #farms #farmers #tractors #agriculture #at2015
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Fungi of the Appalachian Trail. This is a textbook illustration of whatever species this is. From just into southern Pennsylvania on the #appalachiantrail #fungus #mushrooms #pennsylvania #at2015
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Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This is the hiker footbridge over Interstate 70 near Frederick, MD. Crossed it today. #appalachiantrail #bridges #Maryland #at2015
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Fungi of the Appalachian Trail. Growing on the end of a fallen log in Maryland along the #appalachiantrail #mushrooms #fungus #Maryland #at2015
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Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This is the bridge over the Potomac River carrying hikers north out of Harpers Ferry into Maryland. #appalachiantrail #bridges #Maryland #at2015
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Bridges on the Appalachian Trail. This is the bridge that carries the Trail over the Shenandoah River, taking hikers into Harpers Ferry from the south. #appalachiantrail #bridges #at2015
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