Sometimes you stumble upon things and are rewarded. On our way to Death Valley we passed a sign for a wildlife refuge and decided to visit it later on our way towards Vegas. Ash Meadows is over 23,000 acres...
Death Valley Part 4
Marble Canyon Hike Just down the road from where we camped in Stovepipe Wells is a hike up Marble Canyon. Some people do this as a multi-day 32 mile trip and hike up Marble Canyon and down Cottonwood Canyon...
Death Valley, part 3
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...