Daily Nature Fix: Trails! REAL Trails. (Original Photos)

customnature (69) in dailynaturefix • 7 years ago (edited)

Hi friends, family, and followers! Tonight's Daily Nature Fix is about something I've been hearing a lot about on Steemit recently... TRAILS. Now, since I still don't understand a lot about the inner workings of Steemit, or cryptocurrency in general, I have no idea what in the holy hell "trails" are that I've been seeing everyone talk about. So then, I'll post about trails that I DO know: ACTUAL trails! Here are a few of the favorites I've traveled upon.

^^^I've posted a panoramic of this one once upon a time, but not with me actually on it. This is probably the trail with the best vantage point I've ever been on. It is high in the mountains of the Azores, surrounding Sete Cidades. This was definitely one for the record books.

^^^Here is a small glimpse of the trail running through Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley. This was a pretty exciting trek, winding through the relatively narrow gorge that's been smoothed by a millennia of flash flooding. I'll have to make a DNF post featuring just this place at some point. My buddy Steve photobombing in the foreground there.

^^^ This was taken on our #1 most favorite hike within the USA. This was on the way back, returning from Iceberg Lake in Glaicer National Park. How is that for scenery!? There were many "sections" of this 10 mile (round trip) hike that were absolutely breathtaking.

^^^ Actually, here is one of those sections I was just speaking of! This was part of the same trail form the photo above. This was closer to the beginning of the hike and went through this neat little birch meadow with some awesome green undergrowth.

^^^Ending with one of our favorite places in the world. This was the hidden waterfall in Iceland. I have mentioned this in the Daily Nature Fix sometime last year. It was awesome. We only had shitty location hints for this fall from a blog we saw the night before. We were so close to never finding it, so the sense of discovery was super strong. We were there for almost 2 hours and never saw another soul. Unfortunately, it has become more well-known since then, and I doubt we'd have it to ourselves again on our return trip.

Thanks for reading! I post a nature-themed Daily Nature Fix blog every day. Please upvote if you enjoyed it and be sure to follow me @customnature so you'll never miss one! See you tomorrow. - Adam

***Daily Nature Fix is a daily blog showcasing the natural world. It is all original content using photos, stories, and experiences from my own travels.***

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7 years ago by customnature (69)

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deadspace (69) · 7 years ago

Wow, I'm jealous, haha. Those all look like beautiful places to hike at! Thanks for sharing these :)

customnature (69) · 7 years ago

Happy to do so! I'm glad you enjoyed them.

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georgitsachev (64) · 7 years ago

Nice pictures!!!

customnature (69) · 7 years ago

Thank you, thank you!

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travelmuse (55) · 7 years ago (edited)

Great and mysterious trails! So inspiring!

sa6231 (45) · 7 years ago

nice pictures.....The place is so amazing like it !!! upvoted

rizasukma (63) · 7 years ago

Good photos and beautiful places that we need to visit. I really like it and if I have a lot of money I definitely set the holiday plan. Thanks for sharing an interesting place :-)

mcsvi (65) · 7 years ago

great to see DNF back :-)

customnature (69) · 7 years ago

You're one of the few old timers the remember the original DNF, @mcsvi!

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moneymaster (45) · 7 years ago

Amazing pictures i like very much the one from Iceland
so beautiful .SteemOn

customnature (69) · 7 years ago

Thanks much!

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guyfawkes4-20 (65) · 7 years ago

That looks awesome. Great pictures. I'm glad you shared them with us :D

customnature (69) · 7 years ago

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed them!

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haphazard-hstead (66) · 7 years ago

Both kinds of trails are good -- hiking trails and Steemit Trails! I curate for the @foraging-trail. The trail curators try to cultivate a community around topics that people are interested in. In the case of foraging, Steemit has some stellar foragers and many other folks interested in appreciating nature's bounty for food and crafts.

I try to find posts about foraging, check that the content text or photos aren't stolen, and - because foraging information needs to be correct - I check the accuracy of information and identification. I prefer original content and authentic experience over just repeating information. So when people come to the @foraging-trail, they can count on posts that have content worth looking at, not just random snapshots or misinformation.

It would be fun if Steemit had a hiking-trail! :D

customnature (69) · 7 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to explain it a bit to me, @haphazard-hstead. What does it mean to get/earn trails though?? I've seen contests where it says the winner gets 150 trails. What the hell does that mean?? lol

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haphazard-hstead (66) · 7 years ago

Just like Steem is a token coin, trails are, too. But they are more like a mini-coin. It takes a lot of them to make 1 Steem. It's a way to give out rewards without spending a lot of money, lol.

A bigger purpose, though, is to get people on Steemit to actually sign up for a currency exchange, too. The one they uses is OpenLedger, and bitshares is the standard coin that all the others trade through there. That system uses some of the same underlying technology as Steemit, but not the same blockchain. So they are trying to get more people to trade on the OpenLedger platform.

So you can go to OpenLedger and trade your TrailCoins for Steemit or even bitcoin. They will make currency traders out of all of us, yet!

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