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 …
Category: Other Outdoor Jaunts
An outdoor website should have some outdoors trips.
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 …
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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