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Happy Holidays – Desert Style!

Posted onDecember 9, 2021December 9, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Happy Holidays from the desert! Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsMoab, utah

Another Thanksgiving in the desert

Posted onDecember 6, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I spent Thanksgiving in the desert with our friend Mike. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Fremont Indian State Park

Posted onNovember 24, 2021November 24, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Spending a weekend where Joan and I volunteer. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsFremont Indian State Park, utah

The quiet popular place

Posted onNovember 22, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

November, with its fewer daylight hours and people, makes about the perfect time to backpacking a well-known loop. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBears Ears National Monument, utah

Mountains and Desert

Posted onOctober 17, 2021October 17, 2021AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Desert to mountains back again. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, San Rafael Swell, utah

Fall splendor in the Tushars

Posted onOctober 5, 2021October 5, 2021AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Spending some time in the Tushar mountains as we enjoy the last bit of high country fall color. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsTushars, utah

Desert Gathering

Posted onOctober 3, 2021October 3, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Catching up with some friends in the desert. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Canyonlands, utah

At a favorite place

Posted onSeptember 16, 2021September 16, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Introducing some friends to the La Sal Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

A Pando-rific weekend

Posted onSeptember 3, 2021September 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Spending some time in the Fish Lake area. Camping near Pando and hiking the Lake Shore Trail ended up among the highlights. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsFish Lake, utah

Site steward volunteering

Posted onAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

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 …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsFremont, site steward, utah, volunteer

In between the lightning

Posted onAugust 6, 2021January 27, 2026AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Wildflowers, butterflies, and mushrooms in our backyard mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

Checking in with a friend

Posted onJuly 22, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick overnighter in our local peaks. I roamed around the other portion that did not suffer fire damage. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

Into the Abajos

Posted onJune 17, 2021June 21, 2021AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Escaping the fires, smoke, and heat by going to the Abajo Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsabajo mountains, utah

Into the La Sals

Posted onJune 7, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Escaping the desert heat by hiking in our backyard mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

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

Birthday Bash – Desert to Mountains

Posted onJune 3, 2021January 27, 2026AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A few days backpacking with friends and then spending the rest of the weekend hiking and camping with Joan. Two different environments but two enjoyable times. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, utah

Poking around Price

Posted onMay 13, 2021January 27, 2026AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

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

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsFremont, utah

Above the desert floor

Posted onMay 6, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

When the weather warms up we escape the desert floor and backpack among the ponderosas, maples, the occasional Doug fir, and lots of wildflowers. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

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Some local hiking this weekend. I scouted a route for a possible packrafting trip later this month, and on Sunday, @ramblinghemlock and I meandered through a canyon we’ve been curious about for a while.
I can’t imagine this landscape with a wall.
Two years inside the Park Service, trying to balance trade and calling. I left in fall 2025, and I’m still making sense of it - part grief, part gratitude, and part closure.
With a brief but noticeable bit of winter this past week, we opted not to travel the muddy, snowy roads into more remote areas. Instead, we tackled some home projects on Saturday and spent Sunday revisiting a place we hadn’t seen in a while. Red rock, canyon wrens, images, and late winter desert light accompanied the day.
@ramblinghemlock and I pivoted from an original trip after much-needed rain on Friday. On Saturday, we avoided muddy roads that would have derailed our original plan and spent two nights poking around a place we could reach only because of temporary, water-filled potholes and a handy Ziploc bag that made it possible. We also revisited sights we hadn’t seen in a while. Red rock, grand views, and old images marked the unofficial long weekend kickoff of spring around Moab.
@ramblinghemlock and I finally felt better and took a long-overdue trip into the backcountry. We slept outside and enjoyed the peace of the wild places. Canyon wrens filled the canyon with song during the day, and owl calls echoed off the walls at night. We returned to places we had not seen in a while and saw places new to us. The land endures.

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