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Category: Other Outdoor Jaunts

An outdoor website should have some outdoors trips.

WANE Bonus : A Post-Hike History Tour

Posted onNovember 12, 2025November 12, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A “bonus” entry from my New England Walk where I took in colonial, early US, and early 20th century era history. Read More …

CategoriesLong Walks, Musings, Other Outdoor JauntsTagsRhode Island, wane

My desert homecoming

Posted onNovember 11, 2025November 11, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

I’m away for over a month, I’ve been home two days…let’s go backpacking! Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Root Beer Float Season

Posted onSeptember 23, 2025September 23, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Root Bear Float season commences! Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Remote and Connected

Posted onSeptember 23, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A last-minute trip to a favorite area. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

A Return to Mesa Verde

Posted onSeptember 9, 2025AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Joan and I spent a few days in Mesa Verde and walked among the Ancestral Pueblo structures with a different perspective from previous visits. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Solo in the San Juans

Posted onSeptember 4, 2025September 4, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A few days solo in the San Juans. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Into the south San Juans

Posted onAugust 28, 2025September 4, 2025AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

An enjoyable trip to the Southern San Juans Mountains followed by a trip to Chimney Rock National Monument. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Ten Minutes of Terror in the San Juans

Posted onAugust 25, 2025September 4, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A gorgeous loop in the San Juans Mountains with a spicy scramble not to Joan’s liking. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Lonesome in the San Juans

Posted onAugust 20, 2025August 20, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A quite trip to a lonesome, cone-shaped peak at the edge of the San Juan mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

Geyser Pass Loop

Posted onAugust 3, 2025August 4, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick and easy overnighter to the local mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

A recharge in the San Juans

Posted onJuly 27, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Two nights of a mental recharge. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado

The La Sals, Molas Pass, and fires

Posted onJuly 13, 2025July 14, 2025AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Joan is off to Denver on the CT but we did an acclimation hike in our local mountains first. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, utah

Local fun over the 4th

Posted onJuly 6, 2025July 7, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A relaxing 4th in the mountains and on the river. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

A quick overnighter in the La Sals

Posted onJune 29, 2025June 29, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A quick overnight trip to the La Sal Mountains where left the desert and enjoyed the cool night air. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Down there in the mountains

Posted onJune 3, 2025June 3, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some time spent in the local mountains with the hotter weather now here. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Eight Days at the “Edge of Nowhere”

Posted onJune 1, 2025June 2, 2025AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

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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CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Into some higher country

Posted onMay 14, 2025May 14, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A weekend that did not go as planned but did not matter in the end. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

The peace of wild things

Posted onMay 4, 2025May 4, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Seeking solace in our public lands. Read More …

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