Unless you’re a rock climber, you might not have heard of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River National Park. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is named that because the steepness of the canyon walls make...
Mountain Bike Fun in Durango
We are having so much fun that we just keep riding everyday. I’ll give a short recap. Today was day #8 of riding here. Oof! We rode all the way up the Junction Creek Trail to the Highpoint and...
Durango Colorado Riding
We met up with some friends at Ska Brewery the other night to drink beer, chat, and watch a bike race at went through the brewery. We originally met these friends when they were traveling around in their van...
Telegraph Canyon and Beer
HELLO Durango! We spent the first two days of riding in Durango on the Horse Gulch and Telegraph Canyon trails network. Day 1 was 18.5 miles with 2,500 feet of climbing, and day 2 was 21 miles with 2,600...
Sand Canyon and McPhee Overlook Trails
Sand Canyon – Canyon of the Ancients Sand Canyon isn’t a very big trail network so it wasn’t even on our radar until a lady we met suggested we check it out. Sand Canyon is in the Canyon of the Ancients...
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is 52,000 acres and protects nearly 5,000 archaeological sites. There are several cliff dwellings to tour, some are self-guided while others including Balcony House and Cliff Palace require joining a ranger guided tour. We started...
Boggy Draw and Phil’s World
Boggy Draw We moved on from Bears Ears and settled in Cortez, Colorado for the week. Both of us were pretty eager to mountain bike so we hit up the Boggy Draw trail network for a few hours of...
John’s Canyon and Citadel Ruins
John’s Canyon You win some you lose some. Today we attempted to ride John’s Canyon Road out by Gooseneck State Park. There was nobody around, no cars, no people…except for the guy in the grader. After a couple miles...
Valley of the Gods and Muley Point
Folks, this was a doozy. From our camp spot, do you call it a camp spot when you live in a trailer all the time? Anyway, from camp we rode gravel bikes out Valley of the Gods road to...
Elk Ridge Backway and Exploring
Bears Ears Today’s ride was a keeper. We road up and out Elk Ridge State Scenic Backway past Bears Ears and then just kept going. The dirt road actually goes out 87 miles towards Canyonlands but we can’t leave...