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Home »2015 »August

Month: August 2015

Off to the Mountains

Posted onAugust 27, 2015August 27, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Gone for ten days. Can’t wait. Respond when I get back. Read More …

CategoriesPMags NewsTagsbackpacking, camping, Wyoming

Backpackers and The Giving Tree

Posted onAugust 26, 2015January 13, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

The trail community as it relates to a classic story by Shel Silvertstein. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, MusingsTagsbooks

The Trail Show #39 – Wind River High Route

Posted onAugust 25, 2015August 25, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Trail Show #39 featuring Alan Dixon’s Wind River High Route Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsAlan Dixon, backpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show, Wind River High Route

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire…

Posted onAugust 24, 2015July 29, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Thoughts on the new wildfire norm in the American West. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsclimate, Colorado, wildfires

Book Review : Thru-hiking Will Break Your Heart

Posted onAugust 19, 2015June 19, 2017AuthorPaul Mags10 Comments

A review of a popular book about thru-hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, Pacific Crest Trail

The Quiver- Stoves

Posted onAugust 18, 2015November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A look at the stoves I use for backpacking and camping. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbackpacking, camping, car camping, gear review, stoves, the quiver

Backcountry Relaxing

Posted onAugust 17, 2015August 18, 2015AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Not every trip has to be epic. Sometimes I just need to relax. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagssimplicity

Rhody Rambles

Posted onAugust 14, 2015July 1, 2017AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A whirlwind visit to see the family and see a little bit of wildness on the New England coast. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfamily wedding, hiking, New England, ocean, Rhode Island, Sachuest

Trail Groove Issue 23

Posted onAugust 11, 2015December 1, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another excellent issue of Trail Groove Magazine is out! Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, food, hiking, Trail Groove

Off to Rhode Island…

Posted onAugust 4, 2015August 4, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Be gone for a family visit. I’ll try to answer any emails and inquiries when I return. Read More …

CategoriesPMags NewsTagsRhode Island

Book review: The Water Knife

Posted onAugust 4, 2015January 19, 2021AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A near future look at when the Colorado River is overtaxed and the world is hotter and drier. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, Cadillac Desert, climate, The Water Knife, water, west

South Fork Fun

Posted onAugust 3, 2015August 3, 2015AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A weekend of backpacking in a lightly used area. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado, Williams Fork

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Our original plan had to be modified due to the weather. Putting in long miles on a dirt road with thunderstorms rolling through would not have made for a good weekend.
A couple of days meandering near Moab.
Moody day in Moab
@ramblinghemlock and I spent one last day in Wisconsin. We visited Aztalan State Park, where ancestral mound builders established an outlier connected to Cahokia further downriver. A few hundred people lived here, shaping a piece of history I did not learn about until well into my 20s.
Another day meandering through Wisconsin woods and prairie. We hiked along rivers, visited a natural landmark once used by voyageurs, and saw pictographs, petroglyphs, and mounds left by the ancestors of the Ho-Chunk people.
A rain and cold day means "section hiking" the Ice Age Trail where @ramblinghemlock 's folks live here in town.

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