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They just busted a meth lab in my town of Sanford Maine. In an apartment full of families. All had to be evacuated for the night while Hazmat team dismantled it.

My friend met a guy that grows weed while he was hiking the Appalachian trail. The guy that grows it hikes sections of it because that's where he finds "cutters" to work for him. My buddy ended up cutting for him for two seasons and then moved on to hike the pacific crest trail. Kind of ingenious looking for workers for that industry on the trails in my opinion. Plenty of people that fit into that lifestyle are out there hiking. This guy my buddy assumed was growing illegally and had five or 6 fields down the east coast an easy few hour hike off the trail if you knew where you were going, otherwise pretty remote.

 

[Ballenxj]

Me, too.  Check out the pics on this site.

I can see myself spending time perusing that site.

 

[Alcatraz]

I can see myself spending time perusing that site.

I am so jealous, I will never be able to explore some of those's places . 
The photos make up for it a little.

 

[Blanch]

Do you have a link? I have no idea on how to use Instagram and have no facebook account.

 TIA.

This may work....
http://ink361.com/app/users/3411288798/blanchblanchard/photos

It has a lot of ads, but it shows my photography. Thanks for asking!


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[Ballenxj]

This may work....
http://ink361.com/app/users/3411288798/blanchblanchard/photos

It has a lot of ads, but it shows my photography. Thanks for asking!

I'm thinking we have our share of photographers here. Where do you usually roam when taking these photos?

 

[Blanch]

I'm thinking we have our share of photographers here. Where do you usually roam when taking these photos?

Where ever I am camped. I take day trips and check out places. Either I find them or I google "abandoned + name of a local area" and I find places. I am usually in Arizona, California, Oregon and Nevada.


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[Alcatraz]

This may work....
http://ink361.com/app/users/3411288798/blanchblanchard/photos

It has a lot of ads, but it shows my photography. Thanks for asking!


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Worked great, thank you for sharing (no ads). Great pictures, the abandoned Pier is my favorite. It has a mirage like quality to it. I would never have figured out what it was.
 If you ever get the chance, visit the semi abandon ghost town of Mogollon, New Mexico. You would love it. 
http://ghosttowns.com/states/nm/mogollon.html

I need to get into photography, some of the places I been and seen, and never took a picture .
Years ago I found an underground Apache hideout in the Chiricahua's.
 More like fell into it.
It still had a deerskin jacket and intact pottery in it.  I resealed it and  I let BLM know about it. 
They more or less got ticked off that I found it.  Since it was remote, they didn't seem to care enough to go check it out.
Just threaten me with arrest for finding it.
 They also  warned me never to go back,  since it would be under surveillance (yeah right, they didn't even bother to ask me for directions to it.).

 

[Blanch]

Worked great, thank you for sharing (no ads). Great pictures, the abandoned Pier is my favorite. It has a mirage like quality to it. I would never have figured out what it was.
 If you ever get the chance, visit the semi abandon ghost town of Mogollon, New Mexico. You would love it. 
http://ghosttowns.com/states/nm/mogollon.html

I need to get into photography, some of the places I been and seen, and never took a picture .
Years ago I found an underground Apache hideout in the Chiricahua's.
 More like fell into it.
It still had a deerskin jacket and intact pottery in it.  I resealed it and  I let BLM know about it. 
They more or less got ticked off that I found it.  Since it was remote, they didn't seem to care enough to go check it out.
Just threaten me with arrest for finding it.
 They also  warned me never to go back,  since it would be under surveillance (yeah right, they didn't even bother to ask me for directions to it.).

That looks like a great ghost town. I will check it out if I am ever in the area.

I found an old saw mill hidden in an abandoned barn in Yosemite. I then asked at the visitor center, yes I did pass a few no trespassing signs, ends up it was an old mill that John Muir worked at and was hidden by the museum folks as they hoped to have it on display someday. This was decades ago, I hope to go back and photograph it this summer.


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[Ballenxj]

Just threaten me with arrest for finding it.
 They also  warned me never to go back,  since it would be under surveillance (yeah right, they didn't even bother to ask me for directions to it.).

I bet you won't do that again. Tell them, that is.
Over the years myself and friends have found abandoned places when out four wheeling. We don't usually tell anybody what we found.
Blanch, AZ. NV. Ca. and Oregon have quite a few places off the beaten path to explore. I was hanging out with the guys just this morning while discussing out of the way places, and abandoned school houses, houses, and grave yards were you would least expect them in very remote areas. Fun.

 

[hepcat]

This was my last big urbex adventure... but it's been a couple of years ago, and I was actually documenting it for the local Historical Society, and had permission of the owner to be on and in the property. I also have a signed release for property for the photos.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/roger_h/zq631y

 

[Alcatraz]

I bet you won't do that again. Tell them, that is.
Over the years myself and friends have found abandoned places when out four wheeling. We don't usually tell anybody what we found.
Blanch, AZ. NV. Ca. and Oregon have quite a few places off the beaten path to explore. I was hanging out with the guys just this morning while discussing out of the way places, and abandoned school houses, houses, and grave yards were you would least expect them in very remote areas. Fun.

You got that right. That or report a dead body.
We found one once, took them right to it and they held us for 32 hours till they investigated.
The person had to have been dead for a few years.

 

[Alcatraz]

This was my last big urbex adventure... but it's been a couple of years ago, and I was actually documenting it for the local Historical Society, and had permission of the owner to be on and in the property. I also have a signed release for property for the photos.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/roger_h/zq631y

Whoa there, I have to have all that just to take a picture?

 

[Blanch]

This was my last big urbex adventure... but it's been a couple of years ago, and I was actually documenting it for the local Historical Society, and had permission of the owner to be on and in the property. I also have a signed release for property for the photos.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/roger_h/zq631y

Very nice photographs!
I love doing urbex, I have done it since I was a kid. I didn't know it was a "thing" until I got on instagram.

Some people post gps coordinates, I don't. I have seen too many places of a historical nature trashed. It is so very cool to end up looking at history up close and personal.

Alcatraz - that was a sweet find on BLM land too! Amazing spots exist, I like to keep them to myself.

You know, take only pictures and leave only footprints.......

I have some health issues so I can't hike to places like I used to. I do have a beast of a 4X4 truck and that helps a lot.


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[hepcat]

Whoa there, I have to have all that just to take a picture?

Depends on what kind of pictures you're taking, what they're for, and the odds of someone coming and arresting you for trespassing while you're there.    In this case, it was prudent.  In others, not so much. I also carry some pretty heavy liability insurance for my photo-escapades.

 

[Alcatraz]

Hey those of you in Phoenix, Arizona greater area, check out the monkey farm . Its in Mesa, Arizona out by Granite Reef dam and it is not abandoned.
Bet most of you never knew it was there.
http://www.oom2.com/t35631-high-sec...ious-abandoned-monkey-farm-outside-of-mesa-az

 

[Alcatraz]

Depends on what kind of pictures you're taking, what they're for, and the odds of someone coming and arresting you for trespassing while you're there.    In this case, it was prudent.  In others, not so much. I also carry some pretty heavy liability insurance for my photo-escapades.

I recon everything with binoculars first and look for a way in and a different way out .Way before I make a move. Also have a story ready for being in the area.
At my age unless its Area 51, they usually just ask me to leave.
Good thing to know about the Photo liability thing.

 

[hepcat]

That's a pretty good plan... and having a good idea about how long it'd take to get the troops there if you're discovered and reported...

I actually have a photo business, so my insurance policy covers a lot of stuff, but it also helps get into a lot of places when I explain that I carry my own liability coverage.

 

[Ballenxj]

This was my last big urbex adventure... but it's been a couple of years ago, and I was actually documenting it for the local Historical Society, and had permission of the owner to be on and in the property.  I also have a signed release for property for the photos.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/roger_h/zq631y

Very COOL! I hope you were wearing a dust mask in those basement shoots with all that peeling paint that was probably lead based.
Never the less, I love those old buildings.

 

[hepcat]

Thanks... the basement was pretty damp, and that keeps most of the dust down. Frankly, I'm more concerned with mold and fungus spores from those places. You just move through as quietly as possible and try not to stir anything up. While the vandalism to the windows upstairs is appalling, it did allow for fresh air circulation which keeps the upper floors pretty dry and it wasn't as musty and dank.

It's an interesting old building with an interesting history. I've had several folks contact me about trying to tour it for various reasons. Of course, it's not mine to give permission for... but it's nice that they ask.

 

[Kathleen]

Worked great, thank you for sharing (no ads). Great pictures, the abandoned Pier is my favorite. It has a mirage like quality to it. I would never have figured out what it was.
 If you ever get the chance, visit the semi abandon ghost town of Mogollon, New Mexico. You would love it. 
http://ghosttowns.com/states/nm/mogollon.html

I need to get into photography, some of the places I been and seen, and never took a picture .
Years ago I found an underground Apache hideout in the Chiricahua's.
 More like fell into it.
It still had a deerskin jacket and intact pottery in it.  I resealed it and  I let BLM know about it. 
They more or less got ticked off that I found it.  Since it was remote, they didn't seem to care enough to go check it out.
Just threaten me with arrest for finding it.
 They also  warned me never to go back,  since it would be under surveillance (yeah right, they didn't even bother to ask me for directions to it.).

What a find! Such a thrill! I worked with artifacts, the legal route, consulting with museums and such. But finding a cache in a remote location is something I've never experienced in my outback wanderings. The state botanists where I live spend 2/3 of their working days out in the field. One of them told me years ago, if you are out in the boonies look into caves and crevices.

In spite of my past work I would have left the find intact rather than telling anyone about it. If the artifacts could speak, I think that's where they'd rather stay.