Backpacker – September 2019

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 16 BACKPACKER.COM Play List LIFE LIST GRANT ORDELHEIDE “YOU WON’T FINDany social trails out there,” the d ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM 17 tumbling down. Several seconds later, I hear its rumble. The mountain seems alive. The ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM shrubs and ironwoods a dozen feet ta ll g row thick. Head for the south side of Ragged Top ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM feet from the parking lot (marked by an old windmill) through arroyos lined with green sto ...

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM 21 SOAK IN STILLNESS. BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS Of all the things that river canyons c ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 22 BACKPACKER.COM JADE COVE TRAIL LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, CA The crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM 23 park) at .1 mile. Hike counterclock- wise, passing remnants of a 20th century tramway u ...

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM 25 THINK DEEP THOUGHTS. HOCKING HILLS STATE PARK, OHIO Ash Cave once served as a shelter f ...

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YOU TRAIN HARD AND SOMETIMES YOU HURT, BUT THAT WON’T STOP YOU. TRY NEW TIGER BALM ACTIVE BEFORE OR AFTER YOUR WORKOUT FOR PAIN ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 28 BACKPACKER.COM HARRY LICHTMAN TURN-BY-TURN FROM THE LINCOLN WOODS TRAILHEAD 1) Ta ke t h e Lincoln Woo ...

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM 29 The sunset view from West Bond ALL THE PRETTY COLORS 14 From golden yellow to dark purp ...

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 BACKPACKER.COM 31 WEEKEND BLAST HIGH ROCK BAY, MICHIGAN A COLD WAR-ERA rocket range was the last thing I ...

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