After a couple months boondocking at family property in Tucson, we struck out on the road for more adventure. We passed the 2 year full time traveling mark back on January 12 and are ready for more. Fattened up with fancy breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinners and drinks from our vacation from vacation, we are back …
The winter weather has been phenomenal for our adventures. We hike a 6.8 mile loop the other day with quite a good amount of climbing though we aren’t sure how much. The Hiking Project app failed to record the appropriate gain…I doubt it was really 10,000′! The loop was sandy in some sections, but mostly …
Our last adventure of the year was a hike out at Starr Pass. In about 5 miles we went out, around and up Enchantment Hill and the surrounding area. Normally we mountain bike in the area but the trail to the top of Enchantment Hill would be mostly hike a bike so we’ve never done …
Derek and I are still in Tucson enjoying “winter”. It seems I have a pesky case of tennis elbow that is hanging on as long as possible. Even though I’m not riding, I get outside and walk or hike every day. There are a bazillion trails to hike and winter is a perfect time when …
After two years of life on the road full time and consistently hard days of riding we are taking some time off the bike to recover. Staying in our trailer on family property in Tucson, we’re getting in some much needed rest. Luckily we have spent the entire pandemic quarantined so we are able to …
From our boondocking spot we can see the top of Mt Hopkins and today we rode up to the gate at the top where the Smithsonian Fred Whipple Observatory is. Our recording messed up with the GPS signal in a couple spaces, but the ride was around 21 miles with 3500′ of climbing. We topped …
Dirty Freehub posted details of this route last year and it looked intriguing so we checked it out. This is definitely one that is best ridden on mountain bikes because the gravel road is very washboarded in long sections. So much so that it would seem tortuous to ride on a skinny tire. This is …
Our boondocking spot this week has glorious views of Santa Rita Mountains, Tumacacori Mountains, Sierrita Mountains, Elephant Head, and more! It’s pretty quiet out here…and very dark at night. Trailforks showed some trails in the Tubac area which is down the road from where we are so we decided to check them out. Our loop …
We debated what bikes to ride for about half an hour and according to Derek, we chose wrong. Our ride out Forest Rd 143 to the adobe ruins at Alto was 26 miles with 3544′ of climbing. The rocky gravel road was pretty rough in spots and though it didn’t seem excessively bad, mountain bikes …
Arizona Trail It’s easy to overload on politics. When I was little I did a class project to trace my family history. Part of the assignment involved interviewing relatives about their lives. Some of the questions were about politics and I can only imagine what people will think of this election when looking back say, …