With a short stopover in Boulder City, NV, I took the chance to ride the Railroad Grade out to Hoover Dam and back again. We’ve done this ride a couple times before and the awe and grandeur of the dam never wains. I added on and made it a 15.5 mile ride but it could …
To break up our drive we stopped a few nights in Wickenburg, AZ which is northeast of Phoenix. There is some great boondocking out by Vulture Peak and a maze of gravel roads that go forever. I pedaled around for a couple hours one day just exploring the area. The Vulture Mountain Range is a …
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 …
From camp Derek did an exploratory ride out to Carnero Lake and Green’s Peak. It clocked in at 21.3 miles with 1932′ of climbing up to a high point of 10,132′. I headed across the highway to hike part of the Railroad Grade Trail. Carnero Lake isn’t much of a lake. It’s quite shallow and …
Blue Range Wilderness along the New Mexico/Arizona border is a gem. It’s high altitude with giant ponderosa pines. While I hiked out along Pueblo Creek, Derek rode up to the lookout on Saddle Mountain. My whole day can be described as beautiful isolated mountain scenery. I didn’t come across any other hikers the whole day. …
We’re nearing the end of our time around Silver City and I realized I missed a couple days of pics. None of these look terribly different then all the other photos. We’ve been above 6000′ for over a month now and spring is definitely here. The flowers are starting to come out in the high …
Not every ride plan works. This time Derek had created a loop that ended up not working. BUT, that’s how life goes so you pivot. The ride started out on Knights Bridge dirt/sand road that isn’t far from where we are boondocking. The road is a bit rough but on a mountain bike it was …
The conservation area we are boondocking at has a few ride options for gravel bikes. We’ve ridden and camped here before and always love the piece and quiet. The rides aren’t super exciting, but the desert grassland scenery with mountains surrounding is calming. Las Cienegas, which means marshlands, is a 45,000 acre Congress designated Conservation …
It’s fun to look back on the year and see all our adventures. Obviously, living and traveling full time in an RV, we have a lot! You can see the 2021 post here. As for 2022? well, take a look at my picks below. I wanted to limit it to 12 but that didn’t work …
We originally wanted to ride our gravel bikes up to Cerro Gordo, an old ghost town in the area. However, the giant rainstorms and flooding last month washed out parts of the road and it was closed for maintenance. So instead we rode our bikes around Alabama Hills to check out the interesting geology and …