The United States Army established Fort Bayard as an installation offering protection for miners and settlers in 1866. It’s now deserted and a trail system winds around the area. We rode here a couple years ago and Derek rode...
Silver City, NM Murals
While in town to do laundry, we took the time to go to the Visitor’s Center and pick up a walking map and a Youth Mural Program Guide. The Youth Mural Program should be held on a high pedestal...
Continental Divide Trail – Silver City
After spending winter in Arizona, we are now in Silver City, NM. We came through here a couple years ago and really liked the forest and recreational opportunities. Boondocking outside town at around 6000′ we are still getting some...
Sierra Vista Trail Patagonia
The newly built Sierra Vista Trail in Patagonia replaces a crappy road section that connected the Arizona Trail. It’s called that on Trailforks but I just think of it as an extension of the Temporal Gulch section that Derek...
Las Cienegas
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...
Arizona Trail Temporal Gulch Loop
A new section of the Arizona Trail! If you’ve been following our blog over the years you have seen all our posts about the Arizona Trail. While camping for a couple weeks down by Sonoita, it was perfect to...
Fairbank, AZ Historic Ghost Town
Derek and I took an afternoon to walk around the historic Fairbanks Townsite. Originally the location of a Native American village known as Santa Cruz in the 18th century, the area was later settled around the time the railroad...
Sonoita, AZ
Living in an RV on the road is tricky for a number of reasons. We like our space and quiet so we don’t usually stay in rv parks or campgrounds. That leaves public lands and during winter, that means...
Back in the Wild
After spending a few months boondocking at my family’s property in Tucson and taking advantage of city life, we’re back on the road. The temps still need to warm up after a cold winter for us to head anywhere...
2022 Adventures
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...