#HumboldtCounty

LoCO’s daily Instagram battle ran from March 2015 to June 2016. Instagram no longer serves the photos, so what’s left is who posted, when, the votes and the captions.

April 27, 2016

Voting is closed.

Think Humboldt County is beautiful? Got Instagram on your intelligent phone? Use #HumboldtCounty to place an image here and (temporarily) on LoCOโ€™s homepage. Or just vote on your neighborsโ€™ fine pics below. More details here.

REMINDER: Not everyone whose photo appears here necessarily knows that they’re playing our game, right? Remember that.

WINNER

36 3 #1. STIL

1:13 a.m.: A singular foxglove spike stands statuesque on the CR campus. #humboldt #humboldtcounty #foxglove #cr #humboldtbotanicalgardens #collegeoftheredwoods #flower #garden #pnw

ALSO-RANS

33 4 #55. Sakon

8:06 a.m.: Found this cute lady bug on wild blackberry flower So beautiful ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿž#humboldtcounty #wild #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #beautiful #cute #blackberry #flower

31 5 #54. Robert Jensen

11:14 a.m.: Walked up on this stud surrounded by a dozen ladies on the #trinityriver. Or at least I'd like to think those were the gender roles. #trinitycounty #humboldtcounty #itsmatingseason

29 3 #53. Ryan C. McGinley Photography

7:12 a.m.: A fallen redwood lays amongst a sea of clovers in the Founders Grove in Humboldt Redwoods State Park near Weott, California. #california #redwoods #trees #weott #humboldtcounty #castateparks #foundersgrove #forest #nature #landscape #nikon

28 3 #52. Nelson

1:29 a.m.: Where the Mattole River meets the Pacific Ocean. The north end of the California Lost Coast. #california #lostcoast #beach #norcal #mattole #gooutside #humboldtcounty #discover #explore #wanderlust #nature

26 7 #51. Kevin LoMiglio

10:35 a.m.: Wherever you go on this Earth you will see life, and you will see death. Without life there would be no death. Without death, there would be no life. #graveyard #cemetery #life #death #trees #headstones #sunset #tree #growing #yinyang #balance #nature #humboldtcounty #explorehumboldt #peace

25 3 #50. Bethany Lorene

8:39 a.m.: Trillium falls near Orick, CA ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒฟ we missed the trillium but it was still worth the walk :) #trilliumfalls#orick#norcal#humboldtcounty#explorehumboldt#humboldt#vsco#vscocali#vscocam#vscogood#vscogram#vsconature#natureporn#nature#beauty#beautifulnature#gohiking#getlost#gooutside#adventure#naturehike#ferns#redwoodforest#rainforest#redwoods#water#waterfall#waterfalls#hiking#hikingadventureswithjade

25 5 #49. Nelson

3:19 a.m.: Misty lagoon and redwood forest. ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ„โ˜ #lagoon #redwoods #humboldtcounty #california #redwoodnationalpark #norcal #landscape #explore #gooutside #roadtrip

25 5 #48. Rene.Rose.Anne

8:10 a.m.: …cause sometimes a lot of texture is a good thing…๐ŸŒŠโ›…๏ธ๐Ÿ’–

25 6 #47. tirewoman

9:59 a.m.: The calm before the storm last night! #humboldtcounty #hummeltire #hummingbird

22 19 #46. The Forest Boyz

11:28 a.m.: A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. โ€” Tim Cahill #forestboyz #friesian #friesianstallion #friesiansofinstagram #stallion #horses #horsesofinstagram #equine #equinephotography #bestofequines #pferde #pferdefotografie #photooftheday #lsr_feature #humboldtcounty

21 5 #45. Andy Linde

10:47 a.m.: #driftwood #blackandwhite #bw #ocean #jetty #clouds #explorehumboldt #humboldtcounty

19 5 #44. Cayla Davis

2:13 p.m.: What a beautiful day. #vscocam #vsco #humboldtcounty #humboldt #lighthouseranch

18 3 #43. rollinremeritushsu

3:23 p.m.: Goose kids #humboldtcounty #arcatamarsh

18 5 #42. Sean Jansen

7:40 a.m.: Sunrise on the docks. I've been really surprised at the weather for the month of April up here. If I remember this day correctly, it hailed later in the afternoon. Still beautiful though. #nikond200 #jeffersonexplored #stateofjefferson #staypnw #northerncalifornia #norcal #northcoast #humboldtbay #humboldtcounty #humboldtnature #explorehumboldt #sunrise #cloud #color #reflection #goodmorning #sailing #marina #harbor #wednesday #april

17 5 #41. Katie Speelman

8:48 a.m.: "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." #redwoods #humboldtcounty #sunnydays

15 6 #40. Gabriel Arias

7:06 a.m.: its all good ๐ŸŒ #moonstone #arcata #humboldtcounty #beach

15 6 #39. Gigi Scavatore

10:28 a.m.: Welcome to the jungle! #humboldtcounty #humboldt #madriver #maplecreek #skunkcabbage #lostinthewoods

14 5 #38. Mark McCreary

9:30 a.m.: Walking amongst giants #redwoods #humboldredwood #foundersgrove #humboldtcounty #redwoodforest #cagram #adventure

14 5 #37. Emily Higbee

1 p.m.: No time for nostalgia that hangs over me like the clouds over these trees, yet such beauty wouldn't be, without adversity. #Inthetrees #redwoods #redwoodforest #adversity #cloudydays #humboldt #humboldtcounty #redwoodpark #intheforest

13 8 #36. Aseer Legreb

6:36 a.m.: #humboldtcounty

13 10 #35. Roberto/ฮทฮฑส†ฮฑ

11:44 a.m.: โ€ขsแด‡สŸา“ษชแด‡โ€ข #nala707 #trinidadbeach #homeboldt #dogsofinstagram #doglovers #dogloyalty #chow #humboldtcounty #trinidadcalifornia

13 12 #34. Quinn Sharp

9:15 a.m.: It's Wednesday! Almost there…I cannot wait for weekend adventures!

11 5 #33. storkface

1:26 p.m.: Garden lookin like a damn fireworks show this time of year… ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŽ†๐Ÿ’ฅ #humboldt #humboldtcounty #mckinleyville

11 5 #32. Lauren Gene

3:05 p.m.: #nofilter #lostcoast #humboldtcounty #fixourroads #wildcat #careater #pothole #norcal #westcoast

10 1 #31. Jeanne Knoch

5:48 p.m.: #drylagoonstatepark #humboldtcounty #wave #pacificocean

9 12 #30. Vintage Avenger

1:08 p.m.: Saw the cutest old lady, head wrapped in a red scarf, sporting this baby around Humboldt the other day! #humboldtcounty #grannymobile #doinaarpinstyle

8 7 #29. Rowan Chamberlain

12:36 p.m.: There is so much magic in nature like this. How mystic it all is while you walk through, not saying a word to not break the thrilling silence. #neverstopexploring #goodvibes #naturegram #naturelover #humboldtcounty #redwoods

7 1 #28. Fungi Amongi

5:53 p.m.: #pnw #pnwmushrooms #humboldt #humboldtca #humboldtcounty #humboldtnature #mushrooms #mushroom #natureshots #nature #eurekacalifornia #eurekacali #lovely #badass #sunny #pacificnorthwest #norcal #northcalifornia #shrooms #dontworrybehappy #aliens #alieninvasion #fungi #fungus #fungusamongus

7 2 #27. Thiรชn

6:07 p.m.: ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’™โค๏ธ #lichen #humboldtcounty


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