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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 Mags22 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

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

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

San Juan Lollipop

Posted onAugust 10, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A classic weekend backpacking on a stick, to a loop, and back again in the not-so-distant San Juan Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

Edge of our World – San Juan Mountains

Posted onAugust 4, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A trip to the San Juans mountains of Colorado – fewer than three hours away. But a world of a difference. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

Colorado National Monument – The joy of hiking

Posted onJune 4, 2019July 6, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

We enjoyed a relaxing weekend in the Grand Junction area while exploring the nearby Colorado National Monument with Joan’s parents. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Colorado National Monument, Colorado Plateau

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