After finally leaving the Gila National Forest, we moved for a few weeks to the White Mountains of Arizona. Our boondocking spot is nestled in tall pines at around 7500′. There is a rare week-long thunderstorm expected to happen...
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...
Warm Winters
Since 2019 when we left Bend and went full time traveling in our rv, we have spent each winter in AZ to stay warm. Once again, here we are in Tucson for a few months visiting family, riding bikes,...
West Spruce Loop – Prescott
I forgot to write a blog post about our last ride in Prescott. This time we rode from camp on a series of trails to get to the further reaches of the network. Our ride was 14 miles with...
Wolverton Mountain Ride
It’s always nice to be camped on trail networks because driving isn’t involved. We rode out and back from camp to Wolverton Mountain and then all the way back. The ride was 21 miles with 2568′ of climbing. We...
Thumb Butte Trails Prescott
It was getting a bit toasty down in the valley so we’ve moved north to Prescott for the week. Our new boondocking spot is up around 6400′ with highs forecasted in the 70’s. We were last in Prescott back...
Black Canyon Trail – Arrastri & Soap Creek
We finished off our time in Black Canyon by riding two more sections of the Black Canyon Trail. These two sections weren’t very long thankfully, because it was a warm day. The ride was 15 miles with 1699′ of...