Pictars of your Stompin' Grounds

The hiking boots thread made me wonder, what does it look like where the rest of you jokers live? Cobalt mentioned the catskills, and having never seen them, I googled the shit out of them. Very pretty place, much different from the extreme landscape I come from.

So I say your stomping grounds are 50 miles in any direction from where you live. Take pics, upload them here. I, and I'm sure other here would be interested in seeing something new.


I'll be back to post some pics, just heading out for a bike ride. Someone else start this shit off.

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Post edited by novEmb3R at 4/25/2012 10:36:17 PM

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I was looking through all my cellphone photos and realized... I only take closeup shots of stuff, mostly what I BBQ

But here is one that belongs in this thread.

Took this at the USS Yorktown, I ride my bike from my house through downtown Charleston over the bridge in the background. It's a nice ride, I'll take a picture from on top of the bridge next time I go.

If you want pictures I've taken myself, I'll take this down and post them after I take a few. It's hard to get a good long range shot of the terrain unless you climb up a "big" (for central Alabama) mountain or are in a plane because there are trees everywhere and we don't have many mountains; just a bunch of rolling hills.

While larger than your defined area, I consider this to be my "stomping grounds".



All in east central Alabama:

Where I currently live. Birmingham.



Where I grew up. Alexander City.



The lake by the town I grew up in. Lake Martin.


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speaking of bike rides. riding around manhattan is such a good ride. with a mix of the greenways and city streets, it's an un-paralleled view of the city from a vantage point that is both immersive, fast enough to see a lot but slow enough to be able to absorb a lot.

my best rides have ben 20-40 mile rides throughout nyc.
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I don't have any recent or even landscape pictures, so none are "mine". That said, of all the places I've ever been on Earth (thus far), Yellow Springs, OH is this liberal hippie's favorite place on the planet.









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We were hiking towards a rock called Tripod Rock... along the trail, there's a spot where you can see the Manhattan Skyline... about 50 or so miles away from the city.





http://www.morrisparks.net/aspparks/pyrmtnmain.asp

forgot.. for you arty farts

Snake....where are those from? Pretty impressive area.

Great thread idea BTW..........most of you guys live in some amazing places.



Here is my current stomping ground..........I live right next to the Trona Pinnacles. Which is on the entrance into Death Valley.





This is where I grew up in Northern California........







No wonder I get so home sick........


Post edited by Mockery at 4/26/2012 2:52:40 PM

This is about 30 miles SE of here.

This pic is eerily similar to snakes.

I want to see the redwoods bad =(
I'm from North West Arkansas. It's no understatement when they say its an outdoors-man's(aka country boy) paradise. What's nice is that these places aren't very hard to access. You can drive just about any direction (except west.. Oklahoma =< ) and the scenery is pretty good.
The first is Hawksbill Crag near the Buffalo River (see below), and the second is the Crystal Bridges museum aka Walton art museum.

The Buffalo River / Ozark National forest. What's also pretty cool is that they introduced elk to part of the area years ago and they blossomed. On parts of the northern buffalo its fairly routine to be floating and see elk.




Any ways.. have several other places I can throw up but these are a few worth mentioning.



edit- Buck lol that does look verrry similar to things around here.

Post edited by {|}snake{|} at 4/26/2012 4:09:06 PM

Originally posted by: Mockery
I live right next to the Trona Pinnacles.

My goodness. I know Trona.

Originally posted by: the wierdo

Originally posted by: Mockery
I live right next to the Trona Pinnacles.

My goodness. I know Trona.

Biggest shit hole on Earth.



Well, almost..........

Originally posted by: Mockery

Originally posted by: the wierdo

Originally posted by: Mockery
I live right next to the Trona Pinnacles.

My goodness. I know Trona.

Biggest shit hole on Earth.



Well, almost..........

You should go to Detroit, St Loius, S.chicago, Philly or Baltimore. Those are shitholes and once were great cities
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i live in one of the ugliest cities in connecticut, not even worthy of a picture

walnut creek


pleasant hill


alamo


danville




pleasanton


berkeley






oakland/alameda




sf








me and the gf in sf last weekend. notice the st name



as you can tell, i didnt do much nature area pictures and thats because i am more of a city partying kind of guy. when i do go camping, i go into the Sierra's and sleep under the tallest trees on planet erf.
Post edited by samUwell at 4/27/2012 2:10:24 PM

Originally posted by: -Swo0p
i live in one of the ugliest cities in connecticut, not even worthy of a picture

I think I know which one, but there are like 3 other choices.

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
You should go to Detroit, St Loius, S.chicago, Philly or Baltimore. Those are shitholes and once were great cities

I have been to all those places plus Cleveland. Man Cleveland is a shit hole. Ohio is a nice mix of pure crap holes and picturesque country side. If I had to visit or live in one of those cities it would be Philly first, then Baltimore, then Chicago, and I would probably climb the fence into Mexico before living in Cleveland or Detroit.


Also, Bibi lied. First doesn't live there, he visited that spot. Second, anyone who watched the Sopranos knows what North Jersey looks like


Post edited by Bigguns 93 at 4/27/2012 2:13:35 PM

holy shit.... that is a big ass pic of the city.

well, looks like i might have a new desktop pic.

Originally posted by: Coba|t

Originally posted by: -Swo0p
i live in one of the ugliest cities in connecticut, not even worthy of a picture

I think I know which one, but there are like 3 other choices.

yeah its not bridgeport, but stamford

there is no such thing as architecture here, just a random assortment of old box shaped buildings
Post edited by -Swo0p at 4/27/2012 3:34:34 PM

Originally posted by: -Swo0p

yeah its not bridgeport, but stamford

I remember my first visit to Stamford, and how the locals pronounced it...

Steeyahmfuhd

Only place I've ever visited that had Ferraris parked at the lacrosse field...and they belonged to the students!

I currently live in a town so depressing and ugly outside of pittsburgh that it's not worth pictures

Though my old stomping grounds that I still travel to frequent with friends. most of these are not by me.



(this one is actually one of our engagement photos taken by a friend at the Duck pond seen above.)



For those still wondering where the hell this is,






Post edited by hackshot. at 4/27/2012 9:06:08 PM

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Here's a video a friend-of-a-friend, who is a film student, put together, highlighting our nightlife in Tulsa (or lack thereof).

Tulsa at Night from Matthew Taylor on Vimeo.

Originally posted by: Bigguns 93

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
You should go to Detroit, St Loius, S.chicago, Philly or Baltimore. Those are shitholes and once were great cities

I have been to all those places plus Cleveland. Man Cleveland is a shit hole. Ohio is a nice mix of pure crap holes and picturesque country side. If I had to visit or live in one of those cities it would be Philly first, then Baltimore, then Chicago, and I would probably climb the fence into Mexico before living in Cleveland or Detroit.

Not all of Cleveland is a shithole, just most of it is. There are some spots that are real nice.

Originally posted by: -EB- Bluedoctor

Originally posted by: Bigguns 93

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
You should go to Detroit, St Loius, S.chicago, Philly or Baltimore. Those are shitholes and once were great cities

I have been to all those places plus Cleveland. Man Cleveland is a shit hole. Ohio is a nice mix of pure crap holes and picturesque country side. If I had to visit or live in one of those cities it would be Philly first, then Baltimore, then Chicago, and I would probably climb the fence into Mexico before living in Cleveland or Detroit.

Not all of Cleveland is a shithole, just most of it is. There are some spots that are real nice.

Yeah, the road out of Cleveland is great!

Originally posted by: Bigguns 93

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
You should go to Detroit, St Loius, S.chicago, Philly or Baltimore. Those are shitholes and once were great cities

I have been to all those places plus Cleveland. Man Cleveland is a shit hole. Ohio is a nice mix of pure crap holes and picturesque country side. If I had to visit or live in one of those cities it would be Philly first, then Baltimore, then Chicago, and I would probably climb the fence into Mexico before living in Cleveland or Detroit.


Also, Bibi lied. First doesn't live there, he visited that spot. Second, anyone who watched the Sopranos knows what North Jersey looks like

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Originally posted by: Screwtape
Here's a video a friend-of-a-friend, who is a film student, put together, highlighting our nightlife in Tulsa (or lack thereof).

Tulsa at Night from Matthew Taylor on Vimeo.

Pretty cool video