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Home »2014 »September

Month: September 2014

The Trail Show #28: The Ice Age Trail

Posted onSeptember 30, 2014AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Trail Show #28 featuring Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail.

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

This post will soon be worth $1500

Posted onSeptember 25, 2014October 9, 2019AuthorPaul Mags11 Comments

Some thoughts on the proposed photo permit fee from the USFS

CategoriesMusingsTagsphotos, USFS, WTF

CORSAR card confusion

Posted onSeptember 24, 2014November 19, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Despite what people write on forums, the CORSAR card is *not* insurance. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, MusingsTagsColorado, colorado-tip, CORSAR, Search and Rescue

Two years celebrated in Taos

Posted onSeptember 23, 2014April 6, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Our two-year wedding anniversary celebrated in Taos, NM.

CategoriesMusingsTagsAncestral Pueblo, camping, Great Sand Dunes National Park, hiking, New Mexico, Taos

S240: Crater Lakes

Posted onSeptember 16, 2014March 28, 2016AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick autumn amble with someone

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, S24O

Quick Tip: Easy declination on a compass

Posted onSeptember 12, 2014April 15, 2018AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Don’t have a compass that where declination can be adjusted? Here’s a quick and dirty way to pre-set it!

CategoriesGear, Getting Started, Quick TipsTagscompass, hiking, navigation, quick tip

TBT Gear: Coleman one-burner propane stove

Posted onSeptember 11, 2014November 25, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Throwback Thursday..gear style! A look at the Coleman one-burner propane stove. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagscar camping, gear review, stoves, TBT Gear

Vocation vs Avocation

Posted onSeptember 10, 2014February 7, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A vocation vs an avocation…and trying to do both.

CategoriesMusingsTagsavocation, vocation, work life balance

Overview: The Appalachian Trail Reader

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014January 31, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A look at a favorite book of mine: The Appalachian Trail Reader.     One of the many viral trends currently happening is to list ten of your favorite books[1]. Books that have have been cherished, influenced you or you just Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsAppalachian Trail, books

Just a Fall stroll…

Posted onSeptember 8, 2014September 8, 2014AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

When a good friend is back in town, how do you catch up? Why, on a hike of course!

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBlue Lake, Colorado, Fall, hiking

TBT Gear: The Kelty Zen

Posted onSeptember 4, 2014November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags10 Comments

A look at the venerable Kelty Zen tent.
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CategoriesGearTagsgear review, shelters, TBT Gear, tent

Quick Look – Six Moon Designs Fusion 50

Posted onSeptember 3, 2014April 26, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An overview of the Fusion 50 by Six Moon Designs

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CategoriesGearTagsbackpack, Fusion 50, gear, gear review, packs, Six Moon Designs

Flat Top Mountains Jaunt

Posted onSeptember 2, 2014September 4, 2014AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A Labor Day weekend jaunt in the Flat Tops Wilderness

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado, hiking

The Trail Show #27 – The Live Show at Avery Brewing Co

Posted onSeptember 1, 2014September 1, 2014AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

The Trail Show #27 – The Live Show at Avery Brewing Co benefiting the Continental Divide Trail Coalition.

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

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We wrapped up the time @ramblinghemlock had off during the week of New Year’s with two more nights in the backcountry.
We closed out 2025 with four days on the Colorado Plateau. We returned to familiar places, Joan showed me sites she’d seen while I was away, and we spotted new ones together.
A little oasis near the village. Second-largest live oak in the state!
Happy Solstice! A quick Honda-friendly trip while our truck is in the body shop. We followed an old stock trail, wandered around a mesa, and caught an incredible sunset over canyon country. Not a bad little outing to welcome the winter months; even if it feels more like October.😔
@ramblinghemlock and I scouted a route for a future trip, visiting a few places that were new to us and returning to others we hadn’t seen in some time. There’s something about the December light that makes the canyon country feel sublime.
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