Road trip gear all-stars
Some useful items for our Summer 2019 road trip. Read More …
Author: Paul Mags
On the so-called “Loneliest Road in America”
Traveling along Highway 50 to Reno, NV before Joan and I take off to California. Read More …
In the shadow of Moriah
Some backpacking in Nevada. Read More …
Three days at Cave Lake
Using Cave Lake State Park as a base to explore the exquisite area of eastern Nevada Read More …
Thoughts on being wealthy
Our wealth is our free time. Read More …
Lorpen socks – good quality on a budget
Lorpen light hiker wool socks are a quality budget minded item. Read More …
Four days in the Great Basin
Four extraordinary days in Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. Read More …
From the web – June 24th
A hodgepodge of items before I take off for a bit. Read More …
A revisit: The PCT Hiker’s Handbook
I wrote an article looking over Ray Jardine’s classic PCT Hiker’s Handbook (1996 edition) almost twenty-five years after the initial publication. Read More …
Escaping the heat in the La Sals
A quick trip before I take off for other points. Read More …
Quick Tip: Dollar store spice mixes for outdoor cooking
On a road trip or need to jazz up some backpacking meals easily? Get some spice mixes inexpensively. Read More …
Summer 2019 – Or why I did not answer your inquiry right away
My plans for the summer of 2019. If I don’t get back to your inquiry right away, here’s why. 🙂 Read More …
Seek by iNaturalist
The “Seek” app is essentially Shazam for the natural world. Free, powerful, simple to use, and immensely useful – an app well worth getting. Read More …
Into the Blue – The Abajo Mountains
Joan and I did some hiking in this obscure range south of Moab and near Monticello. Read More …
From the web – June 10th
Some items of interest from the great outdoors. Read More …
A sorta history of modern ultralight backpacking
Lightweight or even “ultra-lightweight” backpacking is nothing new of course. But when did the term as we now know it come about? Read More …