Dogs playing in 2002

 Nothin' better than dog movies to end the year.

Found these video clips on the computer.  Enjoy Biscuit and Callie playing.

I miss them.

Happy New Year

Winter Travel 2022 headaches

 You get what you pay for.

Holiday travel has been a headache this year.

Record numbers have pent up demand to visit grandma and have jammed the highways and flyways.

Road travel is always bad with the combination of cheap gas, more traffic and crappy weather.  So much that I long gave up on holiday travel by road in the winter especially after headaches in snow and ice storms and the desire to travel 300-400 miles by road.  Even the Interstates were bad.

Air travel is another story and this past weekend airlines cancelled thousands of flights due to the heavy snow that blanketed everything from the Midwest to the East.  Once you get a Chicago size airport closing, it jams up flights for everyone.  Large carriers, for the most part have recovered, but not Southwest.

Why Southwest?  Well most airlines employ a hub strategy, that links smaller airports via a connection at a larger one.  That meant for me, when I lived in New England you had to make a connection on flight.  I expected that for international trips to the Caribbean and would plan to travel through Miami southbound and Charlotte, if possible northbound.

But Southwest flew direct and many were between smaller airports.  I only flew once on SWA about 16 years ago and it was between Hartford, CT and Baltimore, MD.  I didn't care for the cattle herding boarding, but I was travelling alone.

Well this system of moving passengers and crew failed.  SWA is still backed up and doesn't expect to recover until next week.

 You get what you pay for.

The flights out of New England were always at 600 ish in the morning, and since it would be the first flight out, we rarely had a problem in a snow storm.  Returning would be close to midnight, but we were always happy to see the pups.

So the flight south would continue and most of the time without incident, except when thunderstorms would disrupt connections but that is a summer problem.

Returning meant passing through customs, and that is another story.  In the meantime I recommend Precheck. 

 You get what you pay for.

December Solstice

Today is the Solstice.   Notice I didn't say winter solstice since people in the southern hemisphere would disagree.

So what did we do?

After a visit to the Carbondale Dog Park I hung our new bird feeder and watched the fun.

Night Sky Clingman's Dome and the AT

 

Light pollution from Clingman's Dome, the highest point on the Appalachian Trail.

The conditions.

For more details see the webpage.

On a rainy day in 1974 it looked like this.

Leaves Are Springing Up Earlier Along the Appalachian Trail

 ArcGIS online maps are cool, check this one about "Leaves Are Springing Up Earlier Along the Appalachian Trail" and a summary here.

Here is the Map.

Symbology in this map is designed so that areas with earlier greenup over time appear a shade of red, and areas with later greenup are a shade of blue. Areas where change was less than one day appear as white. Areas with statistically significant change in greenup are outlined - a light blue boundary indicates a p-value of > 0.10, and a yellow boundary indicates a p-value of > 0.05; significant at the 95% confidence level.

A story map is located here.

In the meantime, here is a spring shot of the Trail.

Official Length of Appalachian Trail in 2023 is ....

 

For the details.

Glacial Retreat?

 Here is another short video clip and this one is about glaciers.

Not perfect, but our heat pump helps.

Three pack of Falls in Iceland

 This flick might serve as a great screen saver.  

No soundtrack besides the sound of flowing water.  Enjoy.

Kerið

 Check out this short video on this volcanic crater in Iceland.

Shots taken on two trips to Iceland.

Pingo

 No, not the latest craze on social media, but rather ice-cored hills, 3–70 m high and 30–1,000 m in diameter.

See these near in Skaftárhreppur, Iceland.

Neat, eh?

The 2022 AT Thru-Hiker Survey

 Posted now, read the results.

https://thetrek.co/the-2022-at-thru-hiker-survey-general-information/

Mt. Washington, NH

Glacier Retreat

 In just two years, this glacier in Iceland retreated 100 meters.  Here is the photographic evidence.

 

See this satellite image too.  And one from NASA.

Psychotronic Films from South Asia

 I got these video clips from a dealer in Pakistan probably 20 years ago.  His store was called The Hotspot Online and in addition to film collectibles, he sold ice cream.  See the archived site here.

Some of the video clips may still be available via the crawler.

In the meantime, ponder the weirdness.

Crazy eh?

How about a Red Headed Woodpecker Monday?

 ok? here you go...

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Commuter Rail vs Hiking Path

 A current debate in Queens NY is reported in today's New York Times.  On one end are the proponents of the QueensWay Project.  They propose:

"Connections + Neighborhoods

The QueensWay is a connector. At its heart is Forest Park. To its south lies Gateway National Park and the Jamaica Bay Gateway Greenway, and to its north is Flushing Meadows-Corona Park." And:

"The QueensWay is a community-led effort to transform a blighted, 3.5 mile stretch of abandoned railway in Central Queens into a family-friendly linear park and cultural greenway."

Sounds pretty good eh?

But the other idea is to restore mass transit for residents and businesses.

Known as the QueensLink, where these advocates hope to 

"The QueensLink is 3.5 mile long transit and park corridor which would connect northern and southern Queens."  This group emphasizes the need for mass transit, but also recognize the need for park space.

NYT story here (behind paywall for non-subscribers).

Which one do you like?

KITESURFING NEARS ITS 2024 OLYMPIC DEBUT

 

Enjoy this new Olympic Sport.

Read the news from Team USA.

Thoreau Spring on Mt Katahdin

 Thoreau Spring, found on Mt Katahdin, is a significant spot on the 2,000 mile AT.

Here is a decayed image from 1974 with Katahdin the the back about a mile away.

and one after using GIMP

Gotta' work on the sky next.  But that might take a while since I need to learn the software.

Now for the topo history of the Spring (and yes, Mt. Katahdin) see the USGS. The first is 1927:

Next we see 1930 printed in 1939:

And then 1949 printed in 1967:

And the same year print in Color:

And the most recent topo from 2021 (and no Abol Trail?):

So the spring changed names in the1930s

For a history see this paper.

Whitcomb, Howard R. (2015) "What Happened to the Thoreau Spring Plaque? The Story of a Maine Landmark's Two Names," Appalachia: Vol. 66 : No. 2 , Article 6. Available at: https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/appalachia/vol66/iss2/6

From another source we see the history:

"Thoreau Spring Plaque

In 1846, Henry David Thoreau ascended from a nearby campsite on the West Branch of the Penobscot toward what is now known as Baxter Peak. Thoreau’s subsequent writings about his experience on Katahdin and in the Maine Woods had a great and lasting effect on people’s view of the region."

" The site of the spring at the junction of the Abol and Hunt Trails was christened “Governor’s Spring” in 1925 and demarcated by an engraving on a rock near the spring. "

"In 1933, Baxter completed the purchase of the first parcel of what would eventually become Baxter State Park. Baxter directed that “Governor’s Spring” be renamed “Thoreau Spring” and that a plaque be installed in a location near the spring. "

Source

another great source is here.

Recreational Cannabis Legal in more states

 After the mid-term elections this week, more states have now made Recreational Cannabis Legal.

See the map from Wikipedia here.  Even our neighboring "Show Me - Red" state has made it legal.

Legality of cannabis in the United States   ( Blue) Legal for recreational use  (Green) Legal for medical use  (Gray)  Illegal  D  Decriminalized Notes: · Reflects law of states and territories, including laws which have not yet gone into effect. Does not reflect federal, tribal, or local laws.

A Fright Tourism Bibliography

 Try this for starters ...

American Haunts. 2020. American Haunts: Facts. Accessed September 2022. http://www.americahaunts.com/ah/facts/. 

Andersen M.M., Schjoedt U., Price H., Rosas F.E., Scrivner C., and Clasen M. 2022. Playing With Fear: A Field Study in Recreational Horror. Psychological Science 31(12) 1497–1510, http://DOI.org/ 10.1177/0956797620972116

Ashworth, G., and R. Hartmann. 2005. Horror and human tragedy revisited: the management of sites of atrocities for tourism. Cognizant Communication Corporation.

Ashworth, G., and R. Isaac. (2015) Have we illuminated the dark? Shifting perspectives on ‘dark’ tourism, Tourism Recreation Research 40(3): 316-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2015.1075726

BBC. 2017. Hong Kong: Man dies at haunted house attraction. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41300031 (accessed 12/4/2022)

Bristow, R. S. 2020. Communitas in Fright Tourism. Tourism Geographies 22(2): 319-337. http://doi: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708445.

Bristow, R.S. 2022.  Fright Tourism. In Buhalis, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 

Bristow, R. S., and I. Jenkins. 2020. Geography of fear: fright tourism in urban revitalization. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 12(2): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2019.1631319

Bristow, R. and Keenan, D. 2018. Fright Tourism: a Study of Fear.  e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR). 15(1): 63-78. https://ertr-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/ertr/index.php/ertr/article/view/165

Bristow, R. S., and M. Newman. 2005. Myth vs. fact: An exploration of fright tourism. In K. Bricker, (comp., Ed.), Proceedings of the 2004 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-326. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, pp. 215-221. https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/9597

Brown, S., P. McDonagh, and C. Shultz. 2012. Dark marketing: ghost in the machine or skeleton in the cupboard?  European Business Review 24(3): 196-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/095553412112224771 

Busby G. 2022. Dracula tourism. In Buhalis, D. (ed) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Clasen, M. 2012. Monsters evolve: A biocultural approach to horror stories”, Review of General Psychology 16(2): 222-229. http:// doi.org/10.1037/a0027918

Clasen, M. 2017. Why horror seduces. Oxford University Press.

Currie, R. R. 1997. A pleasure-tourism behaviors framework. Annals of Tourism Research 24(4): 884-897. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-7383(97)00051-0

DeVisser-Amundson, A., A. De Korte and S. Williams. 2016. “Chill or thrill”: the impact of the “polarity paradox” on hospitality and tourism. Journal of Tourism Futures 2(1): 71-78.

Hand, R. J., and M. Wilson. 2000. The Grand-Guignol: aspects of theory and practice. Theatre Research International 25(3): 266-275.

Houran, J., S. Hill, E. Haynes, and U. Bielski. 2020. Paranormal tourism: Market study of a novel and interactive approach to space activation and monetization. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 61(3): 287-311.

Hoffner, C. A., and K. Levine. 2005. Enjoyment of mediated fright and violence: A meta-analysis. Media Psychology 7(2): 207-237. https://doi.org/10.1207/S1532785XMEP0702_5

Holloway, J. 2010. Legend-tripping in spooky spaces: Ghost tourism and infrastructures of enchantment. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 28(4): 618–637. http://doi.org/:10.1068/d9909

Hollycombe. 2022. Orton and Spooner, World’s Oldest Haunted House. Accessed September 2022 from https://www.hollycombe.co.uk/fairground/haunted-cottage

Jurković, T. 2013. Blood, monstrosity and violent imagery: Grand-Guignol, the French theatre of horror as a form of violent entertainment. Journal of Literature, Culture and Literary Translation, 4(1).

Kaplan, A. 2012. Dracula: The Life of Vlad the Impaler. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.

Kendrick, W. M. 1991. The thrill of fear: 250 years of scary entertainment. Grove Weidenfeld.

Kerr, M. 2015. Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear. Public Affairs, NY.

Light, D. 2007. Dracula tourism in Romania Cultural identity and the state. Annals of Tourism Research 34(3), 746-765.

Light, D. 2009. Performing Transylvania: Tourism, fantasy and play in a liminal place. Tourist Studies 9 (3): 240-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797610382707

Light, D. 2016. The Dracula Dilemma: Tourism, Identity and the State in Romania. Routledge.

Light, D. 2017. The undead and dark tourism: Dracula tourism in Romania. In G. Hooper and J.J. Lennon (eds) Dark Tourism: Practice and Interpretation  (pp. 121-133) Routledge, Abingdon.

Light, D., S. Richards and P. Ivanova. 2021. Exploring “gothic tourism”: a new form of urban tourism? International Journal of Tourism Cities.  Advance online publication.

Linton, R. 1951. Halloween. Scientific American 185(4), 62-67.

McEvoy, E. 2016. Gothic tourism. Springer.

McClung, G. W. 1991. Theme park selection: Factors influencing attendance, Tourism Management 12(2): 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-5177(91)90068-5

McKendry, B. 2013. The History of Haunted Houses, Fangoria America Haunts (special edition), The Brooklyn Company, NY. pp 6-7.

Milman, A. 2001. The future of the theme park and attraction industry: A management perspective.  Journal of Travel Research 40(2): 139–147.

Morton, L. 2013. Trick or treat: A history of Halloween. Reaktion Books.

National Retail Federation. 2022. Halloween Data Center.  Retrieved from https://nrf.com/insights/holiday-and-seasonal-trends/halloween/halloween-data-center

NBC Universal (2014) 12/04/2022, 16:30 Scared to Death? Teen Has Fatal Heart Attack at Ohio Haunted House  See https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scared-death-teen-has-fatal-heart-attack-ohio-haunted-house-n230811 (accessed 12/4/2022)

Olbrys Gencarella, S. 2007. Touring history: Guidebooks and the commodification of the Salem Witch Trials, The Journal of American Culture 30(3): 271-284.

Podoshen, J. S. 2013. Dark tourism motivations: Simulation, emotional contagion and topographic comparison. Tourism Management 35: 263–271. http://doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2012.08.002

Powell, R., and K. Iankova. 2016. Dark London: Dimensions and characteristics of dark tourism supply in the UK capital. Anatolia 27(3): 339–351.

Raine, R. 2013. A dark tourist spectrum. International Journal of Culture, tourism and hospitality Research 7(3): 242-256.

Ruide, K. 2019. Japanese amusement park’s new horror attraction involves handcuffing visitors in the dark. Sora News 24, 25 March.

Seaton, A. V. 1996. Guided by the dark: From thanatopsis to thanatourism. International Journal of Heritage Studies 2(4): 234-244.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13527259608722178

Spracklen, K., and B. Spracklen. 2014. The strange and spooky battle over bats and black dresses: the commodification of Whitby Goth Weekend and the loss of a subculture. Tourist Studies 14(1): 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797613511688

Stone, P.  2006. A dark tourism spectrum: Towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions. Turizam 54(2): 145-160. https://hrcak.srce.hr/161464

Stone P.  2009. "It's a Bloody Guide": Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of dark Tourism at the Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK. In R. Sharpley & P. Stone (Eds.), The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (pp. 167-185). Bristol: Channel View.

Stone, P.R. and Grebenar, A., 2022. ‘Making Tragic Places’: dark tourism, kitsch and the commodification of atrocity. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 20(4), 457-474. DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2021.1960852

Tamborini, R., and J. Weaver. 1996. Frightening entertainment: A historical perspective of fictional horror. In Horror films: Current research on audience preferences and reactions (pp. 1–13). New York: Routledge.

Time Out. 2022. Daiba Haunted School. See https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/daiba-haunted-school (accessed July 2022).

Weir, R. E. 2012. Bewitched and Bewildered: Salem witches, empty factories, and tourist dollars. Historical Journal of Massachusetts 40(1-2): 178-212.

Wright, D. W. M. 2018. Terror park: A future theme park in 2100. Futures 96, 1-22.

Wyatt, B., A. Leask, and P. Barron. 2020. Designing dark tourism experiences: an exploration of edutainment interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions, Journal of Heritage Tourism http://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2020.1858087

Wyatt, B. 2022.  Dark Visitor Attractions.   In Buhalis, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing. 

Halloween Movies on 16mm

 

Hmmm, what film would you want to see?

Halloween Carbondale Style

 While pretty tame , the town is still celebrating Halloween.  So I got my latest long sleeve T-shirt for the season:

I have this on 16 mm of course.  But you can watch it https://archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead_dvd

But back in C'dale, a few years later it got out of hand.

Shatter

 Time to recognize my brother for his acting in 

Shatter (2022)

Shatter

Madness Has Many Faces.

SYNOPSIS: A small-town detective must follow the cryptic clues of an escaped schizophrenic patient to solve a bizarre murder only to unveil a revelation even more bizarre than the crime itself.

YEAR PRODUCED: 2020

RUNTIME: 91

GENRE:  Horror >> Psychological,   Thriller,  

RATING: NR

DIRECTOR: Chris Schwartz

WRITER(s): Chris Schwartz, Donovan Schwartz

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER(s): Chris Schwartz

PRODUCER(s): David Wigfield

MAIN CAST: Bob Strouse (Detective Matthews), Mercer Bristow (David Willard)

OTHER/SUPPORTING CAST: Joseph Veltre (Matthews Partner) Rod Egan (Chief) Scott Geiter (Dr. Vandenberg) Orris Knepp (Bruce Willard) C.J. Ramser (Chet) Julie Ufema (Miss Carly)

COMPOSER/ORIGINAL MUSIC: Chris Schwartz, Matt Ware

Watch the trailer here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNphe9mBK8

And if you have Amazon, you can rent or buy it here.

CFP IASNR Conference in Maine 2023

 Call for Submissions!

2023 IASNR Conference

Portland, Maine, USA

Greetings,

Next year’s conference will be held in Portland, Maine, USA at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland, Maine. Details of the event can be found on the 2023 IASNR Conference website.

Call for Organized Sessions: Proposals for organized panels, paper sessions, roundtables, and workshops for the 2023 IASNR Conference are now being considered! Organized Sessions represent an opportunity to bring together a group of scholars to present and discuss work focusing on a particular integrative theme or topic. The due date for proposed organized sessions is December 1, 2022.

General Call for Abstracts: Abstract submissions for individual papers and posters for presentation at the 2023 IASNR Conference are now being considered! We encourage submissions that are relevant to the symposium theme and those that focus on the interactions between social and ecological systems. The due date for abstract submissions is February 1, 2023.

Submission Information: More information on submission requirements and instructions can be found on the conference website under “Submission, Registration, & Schedule Information.”

For more information about the conference or about IASNR, please email info@iasnr.org.

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On a personal note I have not attended this conference for some years back when it was called ISSRM,  But I can state that it was a great conference, and if still living on the East Coast, I would consider travelling to Maine since it is within driving distance and I have not travel funds.  My list of past presentations over 20 years at this conference include:

“Mineral spas to cosmetic surgery: is health tourism sustainable?” 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vienna, Austria, July 2009.

“Eco-medical tourism in Costa Rica:  is it sustainable?” 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Burlington, VT, USA, June 2008.

“Smart Growth and Open Space Protection:  The Community Preservation Act in Massachusetts.” ISSRM 2006, a Symposium in the Series of International Symposia on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, Canada, June 2006.

“Macabre Tourism: A Geographical Comparison of Salem, Massachusetts and Transylvania, Romania.” ISSRM 2004, a Symposium in the Series of International Symposia on Society and Resource Management, Keystone, CO, June 2004.

"Mapping Ecotourism Data on the Web: Internet Technology for Virtual Tourism.” International Symposia on Society and Resource Management, Sardinia, Italy, October 2002.

“Volunteer-based Recreation Land Management: The Eyes and Ears for the Appalachian Trail.”  International Symposia on Society and Resource Management, Sardinia, Italy, October 2002.

"Interactive Trail Maps on the Web: An Examination of Multi-Attribute Decision Making.” The Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Bloomington, IN, June 2002.

"No Boundaries for Tourism on the Internet?  Eliminating Tourism Boundaries on the Internet.” Eighth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management.  Bellingham, WA. June 2000.

“Virtual Tourism:  the Ultimate Ecotourism?” The Seventh International Symposium on Society and Resource Management.  Columbia, MO. May 1998.  (Published in Tourism Geographies).

 “The New Ecology and Geographic Approaches to Environmental Analysis.” The 1997 International Symposium on Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management in the Americas.  Belize, Central America. February 1997.

“Management Implications of Recreation Activity Packages:  A Cross Regional Analysis.”  The Sixth International Symposium on Society & Resource Management.  State College, PA.  May 1996.

"Boating in Massachusetts: Origins, Destinations and Motivations.” The Fifth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Ft. Collins, CO.  June 1994.

"Travel Diversification as a Measure of Recreation Activity Packages.” The Fourth North American Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Madison, WI. May 1992.

"Managing Carrying Capacity Objectives:  The Monitoring of River Recreationists to Maintain Quality Experiences.” Second Symposium on Social Science in Resource Management.  Champaign/Urbana, IL. June 1988.

 "Recreation Expenditures and Opportunity Theory:  The Case of Illinois".  Second Symposium on Social Science in Resource Management.  Champaign/Urbana, IL. June 1988.

 

Halloween 2022

 Lots of positive news about Halloween this year.  

News from https://nrf.com/insights/holiday-and-seasonal-trends/halloween/halloween-data-center

highlights important things like Costumes:

$10.6 Billion US is the expected expenditure too! And over a $100 per household.

Halloween is big business.  Figures are double from 6 years ago.

For Halloween movies see this link for some locations.

Oh, donate your extra candy to a senior center or food pantry.

Día de los Muertos

Halloween time, so what about this cultural event?   Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, is a popular event in Latin America.

See this post from UK on a Mexico National Park.

See also this issue of Tourism Geographies.

SERR 2023

 Greetings Recreation and Tourism Colleagues!  A forwarded message for SERR:

This is a reminder to mark your calendar for the 2023 Southeast Environment and Recreation Research (SERR) conference located in beautiful and hip Asheville, NC. We hope you can join us for another great conference.

When: March 26-28, 2023

Where: Asheville, NC

What: Sessions at SERR include empirical, conceptual, or theoretical work related to:

Leisure and recreation behavior

Management of leisure programs and services

Methodological aspects of recreation and tourism research

Nature-based travel and tourism

Outdoor recreation and education

Park, protected area, and equivalent reserves planning & management

Parks, physical activity, and health

Recreation economics or policy

Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

Who: Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all strongly encouraged to attend the conference and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation.

A call for abstracts will be made in the upcoming weeks. More details will be available

at: https://serrconference.org 

We look forward to seeing you at SERR in 2023!

Best Regards,

The SERR Planning Committee

I attended this conference back in the late 1980s and presented these papers:

"Defining Outdoor Recreation Activity Packages Based on Travel Behavior.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium.  Asheville, NC. February 1989.

"Validation of Recreation Quality Monitoring Measurements by River Zones.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium.  Asheville, NC. February 1988.

"Monitoring Recreation Quality River Zones.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium.  Asheville, NC. February 1987.

AT RELO in Washington, MA (16th October 1974)

 Hiking south on the 16th of October I awoke to rain.  "Shit, I said, hoping it would stop before I got up.  Well it didn't, so I hike to this LT losing the relocation around Washington Town Hall.  I followed the old AT,  I arrived at the October MT LT before noon, changed my wet clothes & made pancakes for lunch , cause I didn't have any break."

A seven mile day. See the old and new maps of the trail below.

On a later trip I hiked the new section of trail and took these pics.

Notice this stone wall.

I found a few stone walls along the new trail and the LiDAR image with the historic map gives me a clue about who lived there.

Of course you would know this if you used the 1939 trail guide.

Berkshire Hills Conference. 1939. “The Berkshire Hills, Members of the Federal Writers'

Project of the Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts”. Funk & Wagnalls Co: NY.

The next day, I left the trail.

Camping out in the AT Berkshires (Tuesday 15 October 1974)

 On the 15th of October 1974. I was hiking on the AT south.  I camped out some 3 miles south of Dalton.  As I recall it was a cloudy day.

This is the historic topo for the area south of Dalton, so I camped out somewhere here.

And this map of my hike into Warner Hill area more recently.  I tried the AT on one trip but after climbing Warner Hill, I saw a fairly steep descent into the former homestead.  On the next trip I followed the old wood road into the settlement.

Notice the foundations on this LiDAR image on the AT corridor.

And some details here, showing stone walls, and foundations of the 19th century farm.  Blue lines represent the NPS boundary while the red (even chopped off) shows the Trail:

Here are some pics of the foundations taken November 2020.

This is a north/south roadway.

You can see this old road from the air photos.

Here is a Mass GIS air photo from 2021 showing cleared Warner Hill (old apple orchard) on left and old wood road on right.

So, next time you want to virtually explore an area, try Google Earth with historic imagery and topo maps.

LiDAR maps are a bit more difficult to find so search "LiDAR viewer" and "location" to see what might be available.  The imagery varies by location, availability and quality.