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Home »2020 »November

Month: November 2020

How to get outdoor trip ideas

Posted onNovember 25, 2020August 5, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

How to get ideas for backcountry trips? Here’s how I do it. Updated for 2020. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagsbackpacking, trip ideas

Where the quiet places are

Posted onNovember 24, 2020November 26, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another weekend spent doing what we love – seeing the wild places and walking along the old paths. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Bears Ears, utah

Dealing with Reynaud’s Syndrome – Gear and techniques

Posted onNovember 23, 2020December 3, 2020AuthorJoan17 Comments

Joan shares some thoughts on gear, techniques, and skills she uses to deal with Reynaud’s Syndrome while in the outdoors. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagsclothing, gloves, Joan West, winter

Thoughts on gatekeeping

Posted onNovember 19, 2020January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags20 Comments

What is gatekeeping? And is withholding specific location information a form of it? Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfavorite, gatekeeping, Wilderness Ethics

“The Walkumentary” on YouTube

Posted onNovember 18, 2020November 18, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

One of the earlier videos about the CDT is now available on YouTube for free. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, PressTagsContinetal Divide Trail, The Trail Show

The once and future Bears Ears?

Posted onNovember 17, 2020November 17, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Exploring the former Bears Ears national monument. And wondering if it may become a national monument again? Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Bears Ears, utah

Canyon exploration

Posted onNovember 12, 2020November 12, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Our usual weekend of poking around the red rock desert. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Colorado, utah

More of the ancient paths

Posted onNovember 11, 2020November 11, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another weekend exploring a canyon not far from town that does not seem much visitation. But holds so much delight. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, utah

Gifts for yourself: A practical gift guide

Posted onNovember 9, 2020April 26, 2025AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Here are some gift ideas that an outdoors person can get for themselves. And they can be used in all seasons and in the coming years ahead. Updated for 2020. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsgift guide, gift of time, gifts, holidays

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Two years inside the Park Service, trying to balance trade and calling. I left in fall 2025, and I’m still making sense of it - part grief, part gratitude, and part closure.
With a brief but noticeable bit of winter this past week, we opted not to travel the muddy, snowy roads into more remote areas. Instead, we tackled some home projects on Saturday and spent Sunday revisiting a place we hadn’t seen in a while. Red rock, canyon wrens, images, and late winter desert light accompanied the day.
@ramblinghemlock and I pivoted from an original trip after much-needed rain on Friday. On Saturday, we avoided muddy roads that would have derailed our original plan and spent two nights poking around a place we could reach only because of temporary, water-filled potholes and a handy Ziploc bag that made it possible. We also revisited sights we hadn’t seen in a while. Red rock, grand views, and old images marked the unofficial long weekend kickoff of spring around Moab.
@ramblinghemlock and I finally felt better and took a long-overdue trip into the backcountry. We slept outside and enjoyed the peace of the wild places. Canyon wrens filled the canyon with song during the day, and owl calls echoed off the walls at night. We returned to places we had not seen in a while and saw places new to us. The land endures.
@ramblinghemlock and I are recovering from the flu, so we decided to keep things local this weekend.
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