Some tips, pointers, ideas, and caveats about packing backpacking gear when you'll arrive by plane, train, or bus. Read More ... Continue reading Flying with backpacking gear at PMags.com.| PMags.com
Root Bear Float season commences! Read More ... Continue reading Root Beer Float Season at PMags.com.| PMags.com
A last-minute trip to a favorite area. Read More ... Continue reading Remote and Connected at PMags.com.| PMags.com
Different options for the wearing of blaze orange and other hi-vis colors while hiking during peak hunting season. Updated Fall 2025. Read More ... Continue reading A properly attired hiker: Blaze orange in hunting season at PMags.com.| PMags.com
An initial look at my overall plans for Walking Across New England (WANE) in Fall of 2025.| PMags.com
Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping.| PMags.com
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 ... Continue reading A Return to Mesa Verde at PMags.com.| PMags.com
A few days solo in the San Juans. Read More ... Continue reading Solo in the San Juans at PMags.com.| PMags.com
What to wear in what many people consider to be among the most difficult of conditions: cold and wet. Updated Sept 2025.| PMags.com
An enjoyable trip to the Southern San Juans Mountains followed by a trip to Chimney Rock National Monument. Read More ... Continue reading Into the south San Juans at PMags.com.| PMags.com
Joan looks at 2025 Gossamer Gear Mariposa. It's a pack she's used for a while in both the 2014 and 2016 iterations and she compares and contrasts the various iterations. Read More ... Continue reading Gear Review – Gossamer Gear Mariposa 2025 at PMags.com.| PMags.com
We celebrate not the trail, but the wild places it passes through. – Ray Jardine, PACIFIC CREST TRAIL HIKER’S HANDBOOK, 1996| PMags.com
The UCO Utility Spork 3-in-1 Combo Spoon-Fork-Knife from is a modest item that Joan and I use all the time since 2019.| PMags.com
Joan reviews the $60 Squak Mountain Co grid fleece hoodie. Based out of Utah, it’s a Melly-style hoodie for active use. No appointment is needed to purchase!| PMags.com
A well-designed three-season puffy with a hood that is under 9 oz. I’ve used one version or another of this garment for overa| PMags.com