Our first week in Death Valley National Park was based out of the Furnace Creek area. For the second week we moved to the Stovepipe Wells area to visit some of the areas in the northern part of the...
Death Valley, part 2
Dante’s View Today we broke out our gravel bikes and road to the top of Dantes view. The road climbs from around 2,000 feet to 5,476 feet. The max grade was 16% and on a cross bike that was...
Death Valley, part 1
Do you ever go somewhere and get overwhelmed with everything there is to see and do? I do, so it’s a good thing we’re here for a while. What amazes me the most about Death Valley is the variety...
Beatty, Nevada
We stopped off in Beatty, Nevada for a few days before heading down into Death Valley National Park. Beatty is a small town that used to be an old mining town. Now it seems to mostly get by from...
Travels through Nevada
Although we are not trying to rush our journey, northern Nevada is cold. We left Winnemucca with its snow and ice all over our camp spot to head south. Our goal for the day was to make it to...
You’ve Got Mail
When Derek and I moved to Bend 15 years ago I’d never seen the house we were moving into. I’d been working full time at a Fortune 500 company and racing mountain bikes professionally, which meant I used all...
New Mountain Bikes!
Our last major purchase before we hit the road is a set of new mountain bikes. As much as we loved our old bikes, they were getting a little dated and needed maintenance. So the option was to spend...
Almost there
We haven’t been posting much lately. It has been a crazy last few months. We sold our house and got rid of most of our stuff. Most stuff ended up being donated, but we did have a garage sale...
Solar set up for the travel trailer
Since we plan to do a lot of back country camping, we wanted to get a solar set up for the travel trailer. Our trailer came pre-wired for up to three solar panels. We debated how many panels to...