From our campspot is a horizon filled with rocky mountains of various heights and a giant wall of rock stretching up to the Superstition Mountain Summit. Derek and I hiked out to and up Turk’s Head the other day....
Gold Canyon, AZ
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...
Saguaro National Park Hike
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...
Enchanted Hill Peak
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...
Wild Burro
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...
Rest and Recovery
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...
Chiricahua National Monument
The Chiricahua National Monument bills itself as, ” A Wonderland of Rocks”. Indeed it is. Located outside Wilcox, AZ, the National Monument was created in 1824. It is one of the lesser visited monuments since it is pretty nearly...
Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites & Los Alamos
Tsankawi Sites For our day off we went into Los Alamos to walk around some historic sites and then did a short hike of the Tsankawi Prehistoric Sites. The name Tsankawi is from the Tewa language of the nearby...
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos
I’ll venture to guess that 90% of you reading this blog post have never heard of Bandelier National Monument. I hadn’t until we decided to spend some time in Los Alamos, NM and did some research on things to...
Horsethief Mesa and Enchanted Forest
Horsethief Mesa and John Dunn Bridge The Horsetheif Mesa singletrack by Taos is outstanding. We put together a loop there and added an out and back down to the Rio Grande John Dunn Bridge for a total of 24...