Fremont – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:19:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg Fremont – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Site steward volunteering https://pmags.com/site-steward-volunteering https://pmags.com/site-steward-volunteering#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:43:41 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=29798 Site steward volunteering

After a pause due to COVID in 2020, Joan and I completed our site steward training and received our site assignment at Fremont Indian State Park and Museum.0 Read More ...

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A mellow weekend of camping and hiking north of us in a quiet area. Read More ...

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Enjoying some quiet and peace in a wild place. Read More ...

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Perhaps my last report for a while. We'll see. Read More ...

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Some jaunts down some canyons noted for its rock imagery. Read More ...

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A typical week for me: finishing up a project, guiding, and still dumb-founded at what I call my backyard. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/a-week-in-moab/feed 3 24072 Giving thanks in the desert – Capitol Reef https://pmags.com/giving-thanks-in-the-desert-capitol-reef https://pmags.com/giving-thanks-in-the-desert-capitol-reef#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:09:21 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6602 Giving thanks in the desert – Capitol Reef

Another Thanksgiving spent outdoors. This time in Capitol Reef National Park.

Since 2000, I’ve spent 10 of the past 15 Thanksgiving weekends outdoors.

A four-day weekend is a gift esp in a society that demands more and more of our free time in exchange for a paycheck.

With a gift of time, I’d rather make use of it where I can go when given a chance: the outdoors. Though I like my current job, there is a reason why it is called work. 🙂

For my someone and I, there would be no Black Friday shop-a-thons or checking out the stores opened on Thanksgiving evening. Instead, we’d enjoy the smell of sage, the glow of the desert sunset and the arid beauty of the Capitol Reef and nearby areas.

We chose Capitol Reef as the Moab area tends to be busier with fellow Coloradoans on long weekends.

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