Leaving Walker Lake, our next stop was Beatty, Nevada. Beatty is the proclaimed “Gateway to Death Valley”. Along the way there, we passed through Tonopah which is an old mining town built into the hills. We stopped to check...
Travels through Nevada
Although we are not trying to rush our journey, northern Nevada is cold. We left Winnemucca with its snow and ice all over our camp spot to head south. Our goal for the day was to make it to...
You’ve Got Mail
When Derek and I moved to Bend 15 years ago I’d never seen the house we were moving into. I’d been working full time at a Fortune 500 company and racing mountain bikes professionally, which meant I used all...
New Mountain Bikes!
Our last major purchase before we hit the road is a set of new mountain bikes. As much as we loved our old bikes, they were getting a little dated and needed maintenance. So the option was to spend...
Almost there
We haven’t been posting much lately. It has been a crazy last few months. We sold our house and got rid of most of our stuff. Most stuff ended up being donated, but we did have a garage sale...
Solar set up for the travel trailer
Since we plan to do a lot of back country camping, we wanted to get a solar set up for the travel trailer. Our trailer came pre-wired for up to three solar panels. We debated how many panels to...
Our New Travel Trailer
After a lot of searching for the perfect travel trailer for us, we finally pulled the plug and bought our new trailer and future home. The travel trailer we decided on is the Outdoors RV Timber Ridge 24RLS. It...
Maupin camping weekend
So far this spring the weather has been a little lackluster for getting in some early season camping trips. Last year we already had a few camp trips in the books by May. This year every weekend seemed to...
The first upgrade
As much as I liked our old Tundra, in order to get a larger trailer we had to upgrade to a newer model. Our old truck was good at towing our small trailer that we have now, but...
Where did all this stuff come from?
Operation downsize is about to begin. The goal is to reduce our stuff to what we can fit into a 200 square foot trailer and pick-up truck. This isn’t an easy task since we have been together for 20...