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Wandering around trails in the Midwest. Easily distracted by rocks, flowers, trees, mushrooms and wild animals.

#hiking #northcountrytrail #backpacking
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Manistee National Forest
2018

#ForestFriday #NorthCountryTrail #RuffedGrouse
A ruffed grouse on the forest floor, covered in a light layer of snow. A stand of pine trees with a hiking trail winding through. The ground is covered in a light layer of snow. Trees reach up toward the sky. In early winter.
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Porcupine Mountains glow in their green season.

#ForestFriday #NorthCountryTrail
A tree in the forest with bright green moss covering the bottom foot and roots that snake out into the ground. Bright green bracket fungi cover a decaying log on the forest floor. Young trees reach high up into the forest canopy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Rainbow Lake Wilderness is a gem.
#ForestFriday #NorthCountryTrail
Sunlight shines through yellow leaves on a fall day in the woods. A few white clouds reflect on a lake. Fall colored trees line the backside of the lake. Bright yellow leaves hide a blue lake in the distance. Birch tree trunks are in the forefront.
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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It is hard to pick a favorite rock.
#WeekRforRock #AlphabetChallenge #Rockhound #Agates
A large Lake Superior agate sits on top of much smaller darker reddish stones on the beach.
November 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I can't believe I almost missed #WeekRforRock
I think this might be "MIke's Rock" near Castle Danger, MN.

#AlphabetChallenge #Nature
Beautiful view from a tall black rock. Lake superior and yellow birch trees reach out in the distance. The sky is pink and purple past sunset.
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Day 19 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
An inky cap mushroom tilts it cap in a perfect pose. Pale cream on top with black inside, it grows on a long straight stem.
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Day 16 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking.
#FungiFriends

Superior Hiking Trail, MN
October 2018

#31DaysofHalloween
Orange speckle top mushrooms ascend up the side of a birch tree in a pattern that resembles a spiral staircase.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Day 15 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking.
#FungiFriends

Superior Hiking Trail, MN
October 2018

#31DaysofHalloween
A cluster of shiny brown mushrooms burst from the side of a tree trunk.
October 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Day 14 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
(Technically not a mushroom, but a slime)
#FungiFriday

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
Wolf's milk slime which looks like small pink bumps covering a decaying log.
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Day 13 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#FungiFriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
A brown cone shaped fungi grows out the leaf litter on the forest floor
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Day 12 of posting all the mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
Perky petite puffballs.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
Three slightly spiky small puffball mushrom grow out of neon green moss.
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Day 11 of posting all the mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year. 🐥
#FungiFriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
A large cluster of yellow and orange chicken of the woods mushrooms growing on a tree trunk.
October 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Day 10 of posting all the mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#MushroomMonday

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween #fungifriends
One tall and one small skinny brown #mushroom growing among the leaf litter.
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Day 9 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
A delicate shaggy mane mushroom growing in a bright green moss patch.
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Day 8 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
A cluster of 3 yellow amanita mushrooms growing in weedy grass patch.
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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💧 Guttation
Day 7 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween #ForestFriday
A cream colored #mushroom covered in water dropplets grows on the side of a decaying log.
October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Day 6 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year. 💛 Delicious!
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
A golden chanterelle mushroom displays its delicate ridges the run from the cap down the stem.
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Day 5 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
An elegant shaggy mane mushroom grows among the moss and short grass.
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Day 4 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025

#31DaysofHalloween
Black trumpet mushrooms expertly camouflaged on the forest floor.
October 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Day 3 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends

North Country Trail, MN
September 2025
Hedgehog mushroom held between two fingers. You can see the tiny spikes on the underside of the mushroom cap.
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Day 2 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year. 🦞 🍄

#fungifriends
Bright orange lobster mushroom emerges from a pine needle covered forest floor.
September 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Day 1 of posting all the #mushrooms I’ve seen while hiking this year.
#fungifriends
A cluster of 4 mushrooms growing on the leaf covered ground along the North Country Trail in Minnesota.
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Ticked off a few more miles on the North country trail in Michigan. Spent most of the hike pointing out mushrooms.
Lake County MI.
Bright orange mushrooms in moss Decayed tree stump covered in moss Bright red cardinal flowers A tru of dark gray mushrooms
September 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Summer weekends, let’s go!

#PureMichigan #LakeSuperior
May 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Camping trips and hiking trails with these two were not always fun, but I hope that the lasting memories will lead them to embrace nature's magic in the future, on their own terms.
Two boys face away from the camera, sitting on rocks in the woods
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM