I am not a fan of crowds. I can’t stand waiting in a line and I hate driving in traffic. So we went to Yellowstone National Park for a day. It wasn’t my first time in the park, but...
Mile Creek
Mile Creek is another section of the Continental Divide Trail in the Island Park, ID area. It is tucked in the western flank of the Henrys Lake Mountain Range at the border of Idaho & Montana. The review on...
A New Shitter and Sheep Lake
We had an unplanned day off from riding. The night before after using our toilet for #1, when I used my foot to press the lever to flush, some little plastic part snapped off. Turns out it’s a pretty...
Continental Divide Targhee Pass North
The other day we rode the CDT south from Targhee Pass and today we rode it north. Our out and back ride was 16 miles with 3239′ of climbing topping out at 9531′. Today we rode to the stateline...
Two Top Continental Divide Trail
Flexibility is key when you live and travel full time in a trailer. Initially we wanted to get back up to Salmon, ID to do some more riding but some of the fires in the west are pushing smoke...
Palisades Gravel Ride
After taking a week off from riding, we eased back in with a gravel ride from our boondocking spot out along the west side of Palisades Reservoir. Our ride was an out and back of 22.4 miles with 2090′...
Palisades Reservoir and Melvin Brewery Day
Derek and I celebrated our 22 year wedding anniversary the other day and spent the day at Palisades Reservoir and Melvin Brewery. Palisades Reservoir was completed in 1957 to provide irrigation water, flood control, and recreation. Supposedly it supplies...
Fall Creek Falls
After a long spell of some really hard riding, we decided to take a week off and recover. We are camped along the Snake River and Palisades Reservoir in Swan Valley, Idaho. We spend most days lounging around reading...
Phillips Canyon & Ridge Loop
While in the area we had our eye on the Phillips Canyon & Ridge Loop and we tackled it the other day. This loop started up on the pass at Phillips Trailhead. 19 miles and 3066′ of climbing. I...
Pole Canyon Mikesell Loop
Our last two rides in the area were doozies. Unfortunately the sky was a bit hazy from the fires everywhere in the west so the views in pictures didn’t turn out. The riding on the Pole Canyon Mikesell Loop...