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Home »2015 »October

Month: October 2015

where water comes together with other water

Posted onOctober 28, 2015June 14, 2017AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Just a favorite poem of mine by Raymond Carver. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, MusingsTagsbooks, New Mexico, poetry, Raymond Carver, Rio Grande, rivers, Wild Rivers Recreation Area

The cycle of the seasons

Posted onOctober 26, 2015November 19, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

It is that time of the year: I go to the foothills. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, Other Outdoor JauntsTagsFall, hiking

Book overview: The Backbone of The World

Posted onOctober 23, 2015April 24, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A book that contemplates the culture, politics, history and the current clashing of these different cultures along or near the Continental Divide. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, continental divide

Bread Crumbs – How much information is enough?

Posted onOctober 22, 2015January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

Striking a balance between giving information about a place and making the information too detailed is interesting. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfavorite, guide books, Wilderness Ethics, Wildness

Lost Creek Wilderness Rambles

Posted onOctober 18, 2015October 19, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An unseasonably warm off-trail jaunt to an obscure peak in the Lost Creek Wilderness. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado, Fall, Lost Creek Wilderness

Website of the week: National Weather Service – NOAA

Posted onOctober 16, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A great website for forecasting weather in backcountry areas. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagsNOAA, weather, Website of the week

Gear Review: 100 weight fleece pullover

Posted onOctober 15, 2015May 12, 2026AuthorPaul Mags15 Comments

Perhaps the most versatile piece of clothing I own: My 100 weight fleece pullover. Read More …

CategoriesGearTags100 wt, budget gear, clothing, fleece, gear review, winter

Nebraska Panhandle Rambles

Posted onOctober 14, 2015May 17, 2017AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Hiking and camping in the Nebraska Panhandle. Fossils, canyons, big horns, wild turkeys and fall foliage. And one of the best night skies I’ve seen. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagscamping, fossils, High Plains, hiking, Nebraska, The Great Plains

Musings on macaroni and Sunday gravy

Posted onOctober 7, 2015November 25, 2023AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A rainy and drizzly fall day is good for making some slow cooked food. And ruminating on cultural identity. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfavorite, food, Italian-American, time bank

Sunset on the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Posted onOctober 1, 2015June 19, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has expired. The latest in an ongoing trend. But it is not too late. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, Land and Water Conservation Fund, LWCF, Wildness

Email Shenanigans

Posted onOctober 1, 2015October 1, 2015AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Some techie issues…now resolved Read More …

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A couple of days at the edge of the San Juans. Storms moving in had us trading backpacks for a car camping trip, but we still wandered to the edge of treeline. We also settled in with hot drinks while wearing puffies, a welcome contrast to the sweltering heat in Moab earlier in the week.
Some graupel in the San Juans. From @ramblinghemlock
More time spent in our local mountains: wildflowers, alpine climbs, a cirque below the high summits, and a chance to look down on our desert home nearly 7,000 feet below. (w @ramblinghemlock )
@ramblinghemlock and I did a quick overnight camping and hiking trip at 10k feet. Cool weather, plenty of wildflowers, and a favorite place to escape the summer heat of Moab.
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