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Terrifying Effigies
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🇺🇸 He/Him // Volunteer trail maintainer and sometimes photographer. Find out about how you can help preserve the outdoors in the VA/DC/MD/PA area at www.patc.net
The perennial trail maintainers' game of "rock tetris" - 'now where does this one fit?'

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, #PATC volunteers recently got approval to continue working on the #AT in Shenandoah NP (but not side trails). #nationalparks #hiking
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Above the coastal clouds, Marmot Pass, Olympic National Park 📷 #photography #landscape #monochrome #nationalparks #nature
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
On the Continental Divide 📷 #photography #landscape #nature #hiking #monochrome #rmnp
September 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Another successful Trail Maintainer Workshop for the books - over 30 volunteers spent the weekend in Shenandoah National Park learning best practices for trail maintenance from #patc instructors, as well as enjoying the chance to socialize with fellow hikers #hiking #trails #nationalparks
September 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Nature reclaiming its own on Pocosin Trail, Shenandoah National Park 📷 #photography #nature #plants #fungi #nationalparks
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Can vouch for Little Henry's, I put in two this spring - lots of white flowers in summer, and now they're just starting to turn bright red for fall
September 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Morning mists in Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park 📷 #photography #landscape #nature #nationalparks
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Four hours of work, but completed Phase 2 of building out my miniature #nativeplants garden - one serviceberry tree for the birds and some aromatic aster and white beardtongue for the bees. #gardening
September 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Smoky drive through the Olympics 📷 #photography #landscape #nature #nationalparks
September 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Juba skipper (?) enjoying an alpine aster, Olympic National Park 📷 #photography #inverts #flower #nationalparks
September 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Came across on the local trail, really not sure if it's supposed to be a crime scene or not.
August 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Cascades above Seydisfjordur 📷🇮🇸 #photography #nature #landscape
August 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This was considerably more than a normal day (putting it mildly), but it can be pretty crazy how much stuff Park Rangers end up having to deal with.

And by "smashed by fallen tree", photo from another hiker:
August 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wet summer on the East Coast caused a lot of erosion on the trail, so this month we worked on rehabbing a washed out section of #AT just off Rt 211 in Shenandoah Natl Park. 11 new checkdams and 3 waterbars should help with the problem. #hiking #patc #nationalparks #snp
August 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Eastern Eyed Click Beetle - Shenandoah National Park 📷 #photography #nature #invert
August 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Upper Doyles Run Falls, Shenandoah National Park 📷 #photography #landscape #monochrome #nationalparks
August 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
One optimistic sunflower - lots of woodland sunflowers (Helianthus divaricatus) currently in bloom in Shenandoah, this one decided to take up residence inside of a tree trunk 📷 #photography #nature #flower #nationalparks
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Grand Teton coming down Hurricane Pass, Grand Teton National Park 📷 #photography #landscape #nationalparks #nature
August 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Crossing the Saskatchewan, Banff National Park 📷🇨🇦 #photography #landscape #nature #nationalparks
August 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Purple mushroom along the AT near Swift Run Gap - Shenandoah National Park 📷 #photography #nature #fungi #nationalparks
August 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Blooming sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 📷 #photography #flower #nature
July 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sometimes visitors show up - guessing a polyphemus moth? #invertebrates #nature #bugs
July 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Enjoying a snack - belted kingfisher with a minnow at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 📷 #photography #birds #nature
July 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Video of Rocky Run after the downpour #dcweather
July 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Upper end of Rocky Run at FFX County Parkway after 2 hours of downpour - lot of water in the streams right now! @capitalweather.bsky.social #dcweather
July 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM