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Two closed down threads in the last two days. People are cranky. So here's a chance at escape. How about a happy thread where we can have happy thoughts.
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A happy place (extra credit if anyone guesses the location)
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
Two closed down threads in the last two days. People are cranky. So here's a chance at escape. How about a happy thread where we can have happy thoughts.
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A happy place (extra credit if anyone guesses the location)
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
Make that 4, but who's counting?:) Happy,Happy,Happy!
MDSection12
11-18-2013, 22:25
Guess this one...
MDSection12
11-18-2013, 22:25
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My backyard in suburbia.
This little guy lived in my Chimney for a few months.
Long story but rather than evict him ( and his brother and mother) we kept our fingers crossed that they would move on in the spring.
I am proud to say we are now empty nesters, but a new critter in the backyard always makes for a good day and takes me to a happy place.
Odd Man Out
11-18-2013, 22:55
Marmot - On the rocks
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Halloween Dawn at Ottie's Place on AThttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/wgc31cl1oxv1/?view=att&th=1426e478f882e23f&attid=0.1&disp=thd&realattid=1452099112886337536-1&safe=1&zw
Give me a 7.5 min topo. Totally blot out all the latitude/longitude numbers, any words, etc and I'll name the Sierra's lake which is where I think that is. Thing is I think I've been there close to that spot where that pic is taken too.
It's not that hard either. just not coming to me right now.
MuddyWaters
11-18-2013, 23:14
happy
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see that slot in the pic. I went down that to the lake. I'll wake up in the middle of the night or morning and I'll remember if i force myself too.
Feral Bill
11-18-2013, 23:31
Ski season soon!
kayak karl
11-18-2013, 23:41
We're Happy, got our first reindeer. Happy, Happy, Happy!
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Sarcasm the elf
11-18-2013, 23:43
HAPPY!!!
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr07/11/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5149-1384210446-28.gif
Gray Blazer
11-19-2013, 00:03
Don't want to bust up the party, but I think your happy place has to be in a group (except Rasty's which he closed to spite himself). I'm prolly wrong. I usually am.
Don't want to bust up the party, but I think your happy place has to be in a group (except Rasty's which he closed to spite himself). I'm prolly wrong. I usually am.
I would explain closing my group thread but it might be deemed as social interaction and then this thread would get closed. There will be no smiling, happiness or laughter here. Only questions and answers are allowed.
rocketsocks
11-19-2013, 00:50
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Gray Blazer
11-19-2013, 04:38
Two closed down threads in the last two days. People are cranky. So here's a chance at escape. How about a happy thread where we can have happy thoughts.
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A happy place (extra credit if anyone guesses the location)
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
It's a lake in the mountains, right?
Two closed down threads in the last two days. People are cranky. So here's a chance at escape. How about a happy thread where we can have happy thoughts.
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A happy place (extra credit if anyone guesses the location)
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
Purple Lake? (someplace in the Sierra)
Looks like the place in Greece where Orpheus entered the under world.
Starvin Marvin
11-19-2013, 08:59
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
Happy Happy Joy Joy!!
Drybones
11-19-2013, 09:00
HAPPY!!!
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr07/11/17/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5149-1384210446-28.gif
Good one Elf. Probably 99.9% of the folks that watched this laughed, just as I did, interesting how "spirtits" are so contagious, get around someone laughing and you can't keep from laughing, don't know why you're doing it but you can't stop, get around doom and gloom folks and the energy gets sucked right out you.....there's a moral in there somewhere.
Studlintsean
11-19-2013, 10:40
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Im guessing Annapolis Rocks...
Another Kevin
11-19-2013, 10:51
Happy place:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/10031428824_c62435e709_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/10031428824/)
Capra Lake, Kaaterskill High Peak, and Round Top (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/10031428824/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr
And I'll see your happy marmot and raise you a happy porcupine. Sunbathing right in the middle of the trail.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5231/7082866739_71307383c6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7082866739/)
Porcupine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7082866739/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr
Ski season soon!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8628857520_c787e30b9b.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8333596113_0fc7c261c7.jpg
Apologies about the above post ... not sure why my image got garbled like that, I've contacted the admins to delete it. It was a happy marmot sighting on the JMT.
gizzy bear
11-19-2013, 13:45
shoes and handbags = HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY~~
fredmugs
11-20-2013, 10:24
Two closed down threads in the last two days. People are cranky. So here's a chance at escape. How about a happy thread where we can have happy thoughts.
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A happy place (extra credit if anyone guesses the location)
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
I did 200 miles on the PCT in Wash state in Aug. I walked past a couple of places that looked like that.
see that slot in the pic. I went down that to the lake. I'll wake up in the middle of the night or morning and I'll remember if i force myself too.
I am almost certain that you walked down that slot following in the footsteps of Sierra Club expeditions. This is likely my absolutely favorite spot in the Sierra. How about another hint.
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Hmmm.... Wonder how it would look in the winter?
Traffic Jam
11-20-2013, 10:46
!24953She always makes me happy
I did 200 miles on the PCT in Wash state in Aug. I walked past a couple of places that looked like that.
You mean like this one
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Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Don't think I will go there in the winter. Kendall's Catwalk would have an extreme puck factor with snow.
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HikerMom58
11-20-2013, 11:26
https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/318529_225259617536584_1500697466_n.jpg
Happy Happy!! PUPS... Tamber -scarecrow & Colin, a rescue - canine cop They love dressing up & having their picture taken. Tamber is a great AT trail dog too!
Her trail name is Yogi! :D
I am almost certain that you walked down that slot following in the footsteps of Sierra Club expeditions. This is likely my absolutely favorite spot in the Sierra. How about another hint.
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Hmmm.... Wonder how it would look in the winter?
I have pics of the same memorial plaque and of Lake Marion virtually identical to yours. I was there only once though when thruing the Sierra High Route.
Lake Marion.
There's a nice camping area/campsite on Lake Marion. That looks like where you took your pic from or perhaps at the outlet of Lake Marion which was clogged up with downed trees. I was there twice. Once on the SHR and on another Sierras trek.
You mean like this one
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Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Don't think I will go there in the winter. Kendall's Catwalk would have an extreme puck factor with snow.
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I went out on that catwalk. If I remember correctly it isn't that long and I think it dead ended. That lake on the PCT is another one I remember going by.
The PCT goes directly over the Catwalk, unless I completely was misinformed. The Lake is the middle of the Kendall Peak Lakes directly south of the catwalk. While Marion Lake is tops for me in the Sierra, this area of WA maybe one of the tops in WA.
change of topic.
Can my doggies play with your doggies?
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coach lou
11-20-2013, 14:43
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Drybones
11-20-2013, 16:11
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Train Wreck
11-20-2013, 16:13
https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/318529_225259617536584_1500697466_n.jpg
Happy Happy!! PUPS... Tamber -scarecrow & Colin, a rescue - canine cop They love dressing up & having their picture taken. Tamber is a great AT trail dog too!
Her trail name is Yogi! :D
Yay, you're back, with a name I can pronounce!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0V4TZAyd8I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0V4TZAyd8I
Rolls Kanardly
11-20-2013, 16:38
My happy thought is every time I see pictures of Grayson Highlands. I was fifteen and my first 1/2 Arabian colt did not make it. Was a very sad time for me. Every time I see pics of the ponies in the G. Highlands I think maybe he is there waiting. Kind of a karma thing I guess and it makes me have a happy thought. Rolls
Another Kevin
11-20-2013, 16:58
(Overload's cheesecake).
Wow, that looks a lot like my Aunt Lil's. If it tastes like hers, I'm definitely looking forward to Harriman!
The Solemates
11-20-2013, 18:29
these guys pretty much rule my world. here we are at the grayson highlands fall festival.
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MDSection12
11-20-2013, 18:57
Im guessing Annapolis Rocks...
Nah, actually 17 miles south of the MD border... My name made it a trick question, I guess. Sent the night at Annapolis Rocks last night though, great spot. :)
Biggie Master
11-20-2013, 21:04
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is is that chocolate chip cheesecake? Somebody make some coffee!
johnnybgood
11-20-2013, 21:09
Nah, actually 17 miles south of the MD border... My name made it a trick question, I guess. Sent the night at Annapolis Rocks last night though, great spot. :)
Ravens Roost ? near Bear's Den, in Virginia.
Wise Old Owl
11-20-2013, 21:12
Marmot - On the rocks
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Opps wrong picture... a toast to the proverbial Marmotini......
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MDSection12
11-20-2013, 21:59
I believe it's called Raven Rocks. It's pretty much right on the WA/VA border. That's the best overlook I've seen on the AT so far. :)
Happy Happy!! PUPS... Tamber -scarecrow & Colin, a rescue - canine cop They love dressing up & having their picture taken.
That's funny you said that because those two dogs do not look Happy Happy to me or want to be dressed up having their pics taken. Looks like the one dog is mumbling something to the other dog, "shut up, sit there, and let her take pics of us in these ridiculous outfits, you want to eat tonite don't you and not get locked into the bathroom or that stinky cage again do you? :D
!24953She always makes me happy
Did your dog get into the butterscotch pudding?
Wise Old Owl
11-20-2013, 22:22
mmmm butterscotch.... yea
Seems everyone has happy thoughts when they smile and laugh. A cheerful heart(Laughter) is good medicine. Now, where did I read that?
HikerMom58
11-20-2013, 23:03
Happy Happy!! PUPS... Tamber -scarecrow & Colin, a rescue - canine cop They love dressing up & having their picture taken.
That's funny you said that because those two dogs do not look Happy Happy to me or want to be dressed up having their pics taken. Looks like the one dog is mumbling something to the other dog, "shut up, sit there, and let her take pics of us in these ridiculous outfits, you want to eat tonite don't you and not get locked into the bathroom or that stinky cage again do you? :D
Very perceptive of you, Dogwood :D Funny!! You'll just have to take my word for it, tho. They really don't appear happy or look like they enjoy being dressed up like that but they really don't mind. They were on a sit & stay command so that's prob. why they look so serious.
Did your dog get into the butterscotch pudding?
I love her dog pic... that's what prompted me to post mine. :)
Wise Old Owl
11-21-2013, 22:58
Debbie downers need not apply!.....Saturday Night!
Just Bill
11-22-2013, 00:53
24994 We're having fun
Whew, that's a relief JB. I though you always looked like that in your avatar.:D She looks like you. The good part of you. :D U can tell, she has her daddy's eyes.
Tuckahoe
11-22-2013, 02:49
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The image I took from the same place...
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HikerMom58
11-22-2013, 08:43
Oh what a beautiful morning!! Good pics! I'm going hiking with a new friend. Someone found the log book I placed in a shelter last year, called me, returned it to me and now she and I are going hiking! Yipee... happy happy! We are hiking up the old AT route 2 .... wait for it..... Fullhardt Knob Shelter! :sun
Just Bill
11-22-2013, 10:04
Fullhardt knob is a common early morning destination- be careful young lady...
DW- that one isn't mine- my best friends kid. My little guy has facial expression issues like his dad-
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OH, AH- Good work troll! That snappy new server is just gobbling up the photos.
Kerosene
11-22-2013, 10:13
My best AT photos are used for my Windows background and screen saver. It's amazing how much I still enjoy each of these photos after all these years. They are all so evocative for me and bring back very good memories (even if they were taken when I was uncomfortable or challenged!).
Another Kevin
11-22-2013, 10:39
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My best AT photos are used for my Windows background and screen saver. It's amazing how much I still enjoy each of these photos after all these years. They are all so evocative for me and bring back very good memories (even if they were taken when I was uncomfortable or challenged!).
Some favorite photos of mine are a screen saver that runs. Get some nice compliments. I (mainly) joke that those photos help keep my sanity and remind me I why come to the beige box every day. (Earn money so I can escape the beige box)
Another Kevin
11-22-2013, 17:38
I do the same thing - use photos from my hikes as my screen saver. People ask me all the time where I got them. "Off my camera," I answer.
Furlough
11-22-2013, 17:42
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Looks like Raven Rocks - North of Bears Den Hostel.
MDSection12
11-22-2013, 18:04
The image I took from the same place...
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Wow! Not much of a view. Great spot though, nice camp right behind it too. :)
Chaco Taco
11-22-2013, 21:03
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Yesterday on the Hancocks in The Whites.
Chaco Taco
11-22-2013, 21:05
25017And then there is always this happy place. View from North Hancock, WMNF, NH
Many Moons
11-22-2013, 21:21
The AT trail that is half up the hill and half down. It runs horizontally not up or down. It runs for a mile or so and is smooth with long vista views. Huge rocks and lots of water streaming in areas. Your there by yourself-no other hikers in site. Weather is clear and about 60degrees. It bends and turns around the mountain. You see the trail ahead as it curves and also behind you when you look. Your feet are fresh, dry and not sore. Your pack feels light, your not thirsty or hungry and your energy is abundant. Utopia-happy place. HIKE ON!!!!
Miller
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Yesterday on the Hancocks in The Whites.
caption...
"come on dad, lets get moving!"
Chaco Taco
11-22-2013, 21:32
caption...
"come on dad, lets get moving!"
Oh we were moving :) The ridge walk between South and North Hancock is saaaweet.
Chaco Taco
11-22-2013, 21:33
Two closed down threads in the last two days. People are cranky. So here's a chance at escape. How about a happy thread where we can have happy thoughts.
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A happy place (extra credit if anyone guesses the location)
how about a couple more happy thoughts!
In response to this OP, of course its tense around here. It's November and the start of cyberhiking season. Whiteblaze has become so predictable :rolleyes:
MDSection12
11-22-2013, 21:40
In response to this OP, of course its tense around here. It's November and the start of cyberhiking season. Whiteblaze has become so predictable :rolleyes:
This is the start of my hiking season. :)
Chaco Taco
11-22-2013, 21:41
This is the start of my hiking season. :)
Nice and quiet :)
She still looks like you JB. You don't happen to also be a milkman or delivery the mail at your "best" friend's house do you? Hmm?
Another Kevin
11-24-2013, 15:07
The AT trail that is half up the hill and half down. It runs horizontally not up or down. It runs for a mile or so and is smooth with long vista views. Huge rocks and lots of water streaming in areas. Your there by yourself-no other hikers in site. Weather is clear and about 60degrees. It bends and turns around the mountain. You see the trail ahead as it curves and also behind you when you look. Your feet are fresh, dry and not sore. Your pack feels light, your not thirsty or hungry and your energy is abundant. Utopia-happy place. HIKE ON!!!!
I've recently had to start reminding myself that those places are where I shouldn't just hike on! I had one weekend this past summer where I came to that one beautiful mile. I was in the col between two peaks, and the trail was walking a nearly level ridge through the balsam forest. I was hiking strongly, not cold nor hot nor hungry nor thirsty nor footsore. The perfume of the balsam was heavenly. It was the best part of the hike, and what did I do? I blew through it in 15-20 minutes. Even a slowpoke like me needs to slow down sometimes.
keepinitsimple
11-26-2013, 07:52
Happy thoughts- very nice idea. How about my 3 kids on my lap, the fire going, wifey snuggled in close in her softest PJ's. Singing songs, tickling each other, hugging, and knowing next weekend daddy gets a day pass to knock out a section with his best hiking buddy Big Miles. Fried chicken, Penny's Pizza, Chart House Restaurant, my one and only brother Mike, my 86 y/o dad who served in 2 conflicts in two branches, my mom usually being right, the addition I built on the house, I could go on and on about being happy.
MY first ski tour of the season this past Sunday. I was happy:
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Another Kevin
11-26-2013, 19:01
MY first ski tour of the season this past Sunday. I was happy:
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Paging Disco and D-Low - to remind Mags that this is a hiking site, not a cross-country ski-ing site! (But that's a nice happy pic!) :)
D-low is my usual ski partner in crime. :) Wait until the next show...it has a very big winter theme!
Hint: We'll be talking about a possible thru-ski. Is winter backpacking, on skis, still allowed? ;)
Perhaps I should be bitter. Perhaps I should be sad. With all I've had to deal with I should be raving mad but I keep meeting folks who tell me there lives are truly blessed though their son just died, they lost their job or their house was repossessed. At this age and time and place I'm in, with all that's going right, there will always be more load to bear but there will always be more light. I'm just tickled to be here! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Mt Whitney
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Wise Old Owl
11-26-2013, 23:25
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qpApp236RM/UNXvXNcZmEI/AAAAAAAAAOg/m62cFVZt3G0/s1600/Unhappy+meal.jpg
Gray Blazer
11-27-2013, 05:19
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qpApp236RM/UNXvXNcZmEI/AAAAAAAAAOg/m62cFVZt3G0/s1600/Unhappy+meal.jpg
I know a lot of people who would be happy at Mc Goth's.
keepinitsimple
11-27-2013, 14:32
Cyberhiking- new theory for me- but I have been doing it past few years, dead on Chaco I may start another favorite grateful dead hiking song post. that was a lot of fun last winter. if you are in to that kind of thing, right rocket socks? Or maybe I will finally sew my own pack or quilt.