Sorry for the hijack/tangent. Back to the OP, nice choice for a versatile bike. Ride it everywhere and have fun!

You'll find that many individuals choose many different types of bike for doing various things. I do a lot of group rides on gravel roads, Forest Service Roads and other areas similar to the logging roads you describe, and many people ride them on hard tail 29ers like yours. Other popular choices are cyclocross bikes, monstercross bikes, purpose-built gravel bikes, full-suspension MTBs, hybrid bikes, fat bikes, mid-fat bikes, old school road bikes and even the occasional modern road racing bike. There's more than one way to skin a cat.