The Mud Kingdom

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  • Trip Report: 2022-07 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO

    Trip Report: 2022-07 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, CO

    The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve conserves the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising over 750′. Winds bringing exposed sand from receding lakes from the west deposited eroded sediment over a geologic time period of tens of thousands of years, forming 30 square miles of enormous sand dunes, estimated to contain over…

  • Trip Report: 2022-07 San Isabel, CO

    Trip Report: 2022-07 San Isabel, CO

    San Isabel is a little unincorporated community built around Lake Isabel, a old reservoir built in the Wet Mountains during the 1930’s to supply the CF&I Steel Plant in Pueblo, CO. Today the lake is managed by the National Forest service as a recreation area. Trip Length Extended Weekend Trip Activities Hiking, Swimming, Sightseeing, Cabin..ing?…

  • Trip Report: 2022-07 South Valley Park, CO

    Trip Report: 2022-07 South Valley Park, CO

    South Valley Park of Jefferson County, Colorado is a 909 acre county park on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It’s known for a couple red rock formations that jut out of the high mountain meadows and scrubland of the park. A short drive from downtown Denver, it’s a very convenient loop to take…

  • Profile: The Mud Doggo

    Profile: The Mud Doggo

    Woof. Arrrrrrrroo. Maggie, the Mud Doggo Some years ago, I was as far down on my luck as I had ever been. I suffered from a broken heart. Living was a daily struggle and frustrating exercise of cleaning up failure stuck on repeat. I was alone and felt discarded like trash that had been dumped…

  • Trip Report: 2021-09 Janes Island State Park, MD

    Trip Report: 2021-09 Janes Island State Park, MD

    Janes Island State Park is on the bay side of the Maryland Eastern Shore, offering 30 miles of salt marsh water trails and 7 miles of sandy beaches accessible only by boat. Date(s) 2021-09-03 to 06 Type Weekend Trip Activities Beach, Boating, Car Camping Transport 3 hours by Car (from DC Chinatown) Conditions Partly Cloudy…

  • Trip Report: 2021-05 George Washington National Forest, Lee District, VA

    Trip Report: 2021-05 George Washington National Forest, Lee District, VA

    On the face of Green Mountain, a synclinal ridge that separates Fort Valley and Little Fort Valley lies a network of trails maintained by a dedicated volunteer group, running through the Virginia wilderness. Access to this part of the National Forest is a little out of the way and much of what I make use…