Golden hour on the final day of September in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, northern Maine
“Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay”
– Robert Frost
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Cycling adventurist, bikepacker, travel writer, photographer, speaker, professor of philosophy. Route designer of Ted King's VTXL, the Green Mountain Gravel Growler beer tour, the Silk Road Mountain Race course 1st edition, and many more.
Photos and Writing by John Fontanilles
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Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing.
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I’m working up a proper post about this ride – beautiful area!