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On the mellow side

Posted onSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A casual backpack with a lullaby at night. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, san juans

Chimney Rock – Another visit

Posted onSeptember 12, 2021September 12, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

After our backpacking trip in the Weminuche, we thought a visit to Chimney Rock would be an excellent additional stop to this further part of the Colorado Plateau. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Chimney Rock, Colorado

The Weminuche

Posted onSeptember 10, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some time spent in one of my favorite areas – The Weminuche Wilderness. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, san juans, Weminuche

Sunday of Summer in the San Juans

Posted onAugust 30, 2021AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Joan and I enjoy a delightful San Juans trip during the waning days of summer. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

A grand weekend

Posted onAugust 18, 2021August 19, 2021AuthorPaul Mags21 Comments

Joan’s back in Moab after a summer away. Then a weekend running some errands in Grand Junction we talked about previously and a trip to Grand Mesa. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Grand Mesa

Above the smoke in the San Juans

Posted onAugust 11, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Another trip in the not-so-far-away San Juan mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, san juans

San Juans Solo

Posted onJuly 8, 2021July 8, 2021AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

Some solo time in the San Juan mountains over the 4th of July holiday. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains

San Juans Solstice

Posted onJune 24, 2021AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Backpacking in the San Juans over the solstice weekend. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains

Dinosaur Nat’l Monument – With the Boulder Clan

Posted onJune 6, 2021June 7, 2021AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

First time seeing some friends since pre-COVID! A long weekend of hiking and camping in Dinosaur National Monument. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Dinosaur National Monument, utah

Colorado National Monument and medical science

Posted onApril 21, 2021April 21, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A trip just over the border to the nearby Colorado National Monument and seeing some friends for the first time in over a year. Thank you vaccinations! Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Colorado National Monument

Rock Images Gallery

Posted onMarch 4, 2021March 4, 2021AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

A collection of rock images from over the years spanning mainly Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. But also Nevada, the High Plains, and even near Banff. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsArizona, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, High Plains, Nevada, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, pictographs, utah

Images, not vandalism

Posted onFebruary 26, 2021March 18, 2021AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Thoughts on why images are not vandalism. And reasons why people are calling them images rather than “rock art” as well. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Arizona, Colorado, favorite, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, pictrographs, utah

Holidays in Hovenweep

Posted onDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I spent the Christmas holiday camped out and enjoying Hovenweep and the Canyons of the Ancients national monuments. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsCanyons the Ancients, Colorado, Hovenweep, 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

Other side of the La Sals

Posted onOctober 27, 2020October 27, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

We did some camping and hikng on the other side of the La Sals from our home. So close, yet so lightly visited. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, La Sals, Paradox Valley, Unaweep Canyon, utah

Grand Mesa – Crags Crest

Posted onOctober 19, 2020October 20, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

I’ve wanted to check out Grand Mesa for over a decade now. And this past weekend, Joan and I enjoyed some backpacking there. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Grand Mesa

Autumnal Bliss in the San Juans

Posted onSeptember 28, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

More San Juans bliss. Perhaps our last weekend this year in my favorite Colorado Range? Read More …

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San Juans in the Smoke

Posted onAugust 17, 2020January 19, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A smoky weekend exploring more of the San Juan Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsclimate, Colorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

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A reunion and a backcountry wedding reception ... A reunion and a backcountry wedding reception ... Our good friends Mark and Judy returned from three+ years in the UK. They’ve been catching up with friends, seeing places they missed and reacquainting themselves with the American West. …. @ramblinghemlock and I grabbed a camping spot near the Needles district and took off hiking for the day. Soon a friend of theirs joined Joan and me that evening, with Mark showing up at night. … The three of us went to The Confluence saw what I think iis one of the most storied sites in the American West. It is where the Green and Upper Colorado (Grand) Rivers join and form one of the most important rivers basins in the world for historical, cultural, and economic reasons. … After this hike, we made it back to our site, and Judy joined us and surprised Joan and me with an impromptu backcountry wedding reception with cake and champagne! … The following day we showed a well-known backcountry panel and Newspaper Rock off the paved road. An excellent weekend to reacquaint with friends! … #hiking #camping #petrogylphs #pictrographs #Utah #Moab #CanyonlandsNationalPark #canyonlands #ColoradoPlateau #TheNeedles Ph# 8 c/o mark and ph# 9 c/o judy
The absolute tried and trued gear that a middle-ag The absolute tried and trued gear that a middle-aged guy uses …. It seems like my feed comes up with the-latest-cool-article-to-sell-you-crap from the BigOutdoorCongelemorate. You know the type of article: Something about what an extreme Crossfit Yoga HeliSkier guide uses for their intriguing sounding job. Usually with links for expensive gear modeled by photogenic people doing things I am not nearly cool enough to do and then rhapsodizing about in a way that sounds like a cross between a Zen monk and the latest Banff Film Festival entry. This is not one of those articles … :🚁 Read more of my usual subtle thoughts via link in profile. :🎿 …. PCO @ramblinghemlock ... #hiking #backpacking #camping #livingmybestlife #Blessed #rei1440 #liveoutside #hashtagabouthashtags .
A low- key backpacking trip. Photos 4-6 courtesy o A low- key backpacking trip. Photos 4-6 courtesy of @ramblinghemlock ... #hiking #camping #Backpacking #coloado
Is there any better sound than rain on a tent at n Is there any better sound than rain on a tent at night? ... #hiking #Backpacking #colorado #camping #sanjuanmountains
@ramblinghemlock used a cotton bandanna pee rag re @ramblinghemlock used a cotton bandanna pee rag regularly since 2010 in environments as diverse as the desert of the Colorado Plateau to hikes in the Smokies. ... This past year she started using the well-known and popular @kulacloth favored by many backpackers. ... Here are Joan’s thoughts on contrasting the Kula Cloth to the humble bandanna EDIT: For the curious, we added a link to a $10 MYOG kit (with 100 fasteners) that requires no sewing! ... 🥾More thoughts via link in profile.⛺ ... #hiking #backpackpacking #camping #LNT
Hiking and camping with friends in the La Sal Moun Hiking and camping with friends in the La Sal Mountains. ... #hiking #camping #utah #Moab #LaSals
After our time in the San Juans, we went to the ed After our time in the San Juans, we went to the edge of the Colorado Plateau to Chimney Rock National Monument. This Ancestral Pueblo settlement perches on a prominent overlook with rock formations that line up with an 18.5-year lunar cycle. … Located at the edge of the mountains and the Colorado Plateau, this area also served to trade with various goods found onsite. Most prominently, Chimney Rock is in direct alignment with Chaco Canyon ninety miles away, with possible signal fires getting seen across the distance between these two points. The Pueblo founded other settlements in the area. … I last went there just after Chimney Rock became a national monument but glad to return as there’s always more to see, and it is a place where Joan’s never visited. We both enjoyed seeing Chimney Rock while in the area. .. #colorado #sanjuans #sanjuansmountains #ChimneyRock #ChimneyRockNationalMonument #archeoastronomy #ColoradoPlateau #AncestralPueblo
@ramblinghemlock and I went to the Weminuche Wilde @ramblinghemlock and I went to the Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan Mountains.  Though still summer in our desert home, autumn’s arrived in the alpine terrain. The ground cover’s russet, you can hear the elks bugle, and there’s a nip to the night air. … With no 14ers or prominent alpine lakes, we had this stretch mainly to ourselves. Just how we like it! ... #colorado #sanjuans #sanjuansmountains #continentaldividetrail #Weminuche #hiking #backpacking #camping
@ramblinghemlock shows her patented technique for @ramblinghemlock shows her patented technique for drying tents. .. #hiking #Backpacking #colorado
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