Two More Nights to Close Out New Year’s
Two more nights in the backcountry to welcome 2026. Read More …
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The last days of 2025
Joan and I spent the last days of 2025 the best way we know how: backpacking on the Colorado Plateau. Read More …
Solstice over the canyons
A quiet, Honda-friendly solstice wander on the Colorado Plateau. Old stock trails, mesas, winter light, and a sunset worth the walk. Read More …
December backpacking on the plateau, oh deer!
Some images, desert light, red rock, and unexpected “adulting” before we go see family next week. Read More …
“Adulting” and some hikes
“Adulting”, hiking, and trail work. Read More …
Red Rocks, and then, the coast
a local hike on Moab before we visit our family. Read More …
A Structured Rambling: The Eight-Hour, One-Mile Day
Joan and I set a new PR for structured rambling as we wandered into a canyon country nook. Read More …
Desert Quartet
A backpacking trip to another remote desert location with some friends. Read More …
My desert homecoming
I’m away for over a month, I’ve been home two days…let’s go backpacking! Read More …
Root Beer Float Season
Root Bear Float season commences! Read More …
Remote and Connected
A last-minute trip to a favorite area. Read More …
Geyser Pass Loop
A quick and easy overnighter to the local mountains. Read More …
The La Sals, Molas Pass, and fires
Joan is off to Denver on the CT but we did an acclimation hike in our local mountains first. Read More …
Local fun over the 4th
A relaxing 4th in the mountains and on the river. Read More …
A quick overnighter in the La Sals
A quick overnight trip to the La Sal Mountains where left the desert and enjoyed the cool night air. Read More …
Down there in the mountains
Some time spent in the local mountains with the hotter weather now here. Read More …
Eight Days at the “Edge of Nowhere”
I want to go back, sleep under the stars, and walk in the desert again for many days. I want to “light out for the Territory.”
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Into some higher country
A weekend that did not go as planned but did not matter in the end. Read More …