Our two weeks on the Mogollon Rim were up and we moved on to a dispersed spot outside Camp Verde. I say our two weeks were up because you are allowed to stay 14 days in most forests before you have to leave or move (depending on the forest). We are pretty diligent about following …
Bear Canyon Lake hike was our last activity in the Mogollon Rim area. It’s fairly remote in that you have to drive in on some gravel roads, park, and hike down to it. There was nobody there on the weekday we hiked it! At an elevation of 7,560, Bear Canyon Lake consists of 60 surface …
Back during our first year of full time rving we stopped for a week in Payson and rode a different section of the Highline Trail. This time we started at the Highway 260 Trailhead and rode west to the See Canyon Trailhead and back. The Highline Trail follows the base of the Mogollon Rim and …
Woods Canyon Lake Hike is a few miles from where we are boondocking for a couple weeks up on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. We like lakes and figured we’d hike around this one. The lake itself is fairly small at only 55 acres but the arms reach in and out of the canyon making …
Our spot for the next couple weeks is up on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona, east of Payson. We rode here our first year full timing but that was five years ago! The Rim is amazing with pine, fire, oak, and maple forests, dramatic cliffside views, lakes, hikes, gravel roads and dark skies. This is …
After a full two weeks in Pinetop, AZ it was time to move on. But first, I did an abbreviated Blue Ridge hike and we walked the Meadow Trail to see all the scarecrows. The whole Blue Ridge Loop was farther than I wanted to hike so I shortcut it. The trail is in an …
The informal trail system in Show Low, Arizona is called Buena Vista Secret Trails but it’s no secret. I think one of the loops is official but the rest seem to be the “secret”. There are almost no signs in this network so using Trailforks is essential to not getting lost. Even then, you’ll be …
The bucolic pastures and quiet backwoods of Vernon, Arizona — population 122 — is the last place you’d expect to be the scene of a vile triple homicide. I didn’t even know about this story until after our ride when I took to the internet to see if I could find out about the cabin …
It seems like there is an unlimited supply of gravel roads in the White Mountains. Derek went on an exploratory ride from camp one day and found a nice little loop that even incorporated some singletrack. He tends to ride his mountain bike on everything, just in case. Also, because it’s more comfortable. Most of …
Our new two week boondocking spot in Pinteop Lakeside, Arizona is nestled in pine trees with daily turkey spottings. Daytime temps are perfect in the 70’s even though we’re up around 7200′. After a day of chores (laundry, a grocery pickup, and an Amazon locker pickup), we planned a ride. Burro Mountain Loop was on …