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A Hardrock loop

Posted onAugust 28, 2024August 28, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

More San Juan fun during August, “The Sunday of Summer.” Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

San Juans – Quick overnighter

Posted onAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

A quick overnighter in the San Juan mountains to enjoy the mountains before fall arrives. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Fives days in the San Juans

Posted onAugust 4, 2024August 4, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Five days solo in the San Juans. I dropped off Joan as she hiked ~70 miles on the CT, made a trip of my own, and picked her up in Durango on Sunday. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Sewing lightweight tall gaiters

Posted onJuly 18, 2024December 1, 2024AuthorJoan1 Comment

Joan’s rocked a skirt and long gaiter combo for ventilation and protection from the sun and brush for many years now. Here’s her MYOG instructions on making a pair. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsfootwear, Joan West, myog, sun protection

Backpacking around Ouray

Posted onJuly 18, 2024December 1, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An enjoyable trip to Colorado’s grandest mountains. Read More …

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La Sals – 4th of July Weekend

Posted onJuly 16, 2024July 16, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A holiday weekend, split up, in the La Sal mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Quick Tip – Arizona Tea one liter bottle

Posted onJuly 16, 2024July 18, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Gatorade bottle is early 2000s, get the full one liter goodness of Arizona iced tea. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting Started, Quick TipsTagsbudget gear, Joan West, quick tip, water containers

Calico Figure 8 Loop

Posted onJuly 7, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

“Plan C” due to weather events meant a figure 8 loop where Joan and I backpacked preciously. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Overnight in the La Sals

Posted onJune 23, 2024June 24, 2024AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Leaving the desert, and the flood damage, behind for a quick overnigher in the La Sal Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Guiding to the classics

Posted onJune 23, 2024AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

I enjoted playing tour guide for a good friend on his family vacation.
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CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Stikky Tracks and Stikky Night Skies

Posted onJune 17, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some informative, engaging, and whimsy books about animal tracks and the night sky. Read More …

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La Sals camping

Posted onJune 15, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A simple, relaxing, and overall enjoyable camping trip to escape the desert heat with Joan Read More …

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Into “The Maze”

Posted onJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A packrafting trip along the river and into “The Maze” with my good friend “LarryBoy.” Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagspackrafting, utah

Gear review: Topo Terraventure 4 Trail-Running Shoes

Posted onJune 4, 2024June 6, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

I loved the Ultraventure 3s and now I love the Terraventure 4s even more. An excellent “do it all” shoe for many different conditions. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsfootwear, gear, gear review, review

More structured rambling

Posted onMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Wandering to and fro like most other weekends. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

A milestone backpacking trip

Posted onMay 23, 2024June 4, 2024AuthorPaul Mags10 Comments

Spending a milestone in the desert lands with one of my favorite people. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

On “Structured Rambling”

Posted onMay 16, 2024March 16, 2025AuthorPaul Mags16 Comments

What got directed as an insult months ago seems less an insult and more of an aspirational idea worth striving for. Read More …

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A place in between

Posted onMay 15, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A weekend at a place in between the desert and the mountains. Read More …

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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.
Some hiking in the upper Midwest while visiting @ramblinghemlock’s folks in Wisconsin. A different world from our desert home. More water, greener, and glacier vs desert rocks.

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