“Adulting” and some hikes
“Adulting”, hiking, and trail work. Read More …
Category: Other Outdoor Jaunts
An outdoor website should have some outdoors trips.
Thanksgiving by the Oregon Coast
Holiday hikes on the Oregon coast—rain, sun, ocean, and family time. My second ocean in a month’s time. Both beautiful in their own way, but the desert still calls us home. 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 …
WANE Bonus : A Post-Hike History Tour
A “bonus” entry from my New England Walk where I took in colonial, early US, and early 20th century era history. 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 …
A Return to Mesa Verde
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 …
Solo in the San Juans
A few days solo in the San Juans. Read More …
Into the south San Juans
An enjoyable trip to the Southern San Juans Mountains followed by a trip to Chimney Rock National Monument. Read More …
Ten Minutes of Terror in the San Juans
A gorgeous loop in the San Juans Mountains with a spicy scramble not to Joan’s liking. Read More …
Lonesome in the San Juans
A quite trip to a lonesome, cone-shaped peak at the edge of the San Juan mountains. Read More …
Geyser Pass Loop
A quick and easy overnighter to the local mountains. Read More …
A recharge in the San Juans
Two nights of a mental recharge. 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 …