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Have you gone outside this weekend? If so, do you have any cool pictures, or stories, or just want to tell us about your hike or backpacking or whatever? Then please do!

My own contribution here is a mysterious shrine I found off the Prairie Path in Illinois. It's actually the second object in the "mysterious shrines" category I've found wandering trails here! Whether it's actually a shrine is probably debatable, but I don't care.

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[-] ffmike@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I had a nice hike on Friday, 19 1/2 miles on the Youngs Creek and Lick Creek trails in the Hoosier National Forest (southern Indiana). The trails are in good condition, the weather was fine, and the bug pressure isn’t too bad yet this year (though the ticks are out in force). The fenced-off rock in the center of the picture here marks the Indiana Initial Point - the survey marker that all property deeds in this state reference.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe I'm nuts, but I can't see a rock in that pic. Too much green. BTW, awesome pic.

[-] ffmike@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's the scuffed flat spot right in the center of the poison ivy. Apparently nobody in Indiana thinks the Initial Point is worth maintaining.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It does look like someone is maintaining it, at least occasionally.

[-] ErisShrugged@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Wow. 19.5 miles in a single day? That's huge. Cool random picture, too.

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