This ride took us back up into the mountains by Mayer and towards Prescott, AZ. This is all unpaved and since we didn’t know what to expect we rode mountain bikes instead of gravel bikes. I’m happy with that...
Black Canyon Trail – Bumble Bee & Hidden Treasure Sectioins
What an outstanding ride! Back in 2015 Derek and I shuttled this with our friends Kevin, Dave, and Cinda. Without them here, we rode it as an out and back this time. Much harder! Our ride was 22 miles...
Copper Mountain Ride
After a couple weeks in Gold Canyon we packed up ahead of the rain storm and drove a couple hours north to the Black Canyon area. The Black Canyon Trail began as a prehistoric Native American pathway linking local...
Spring in the Desert
So far spring seems a lot like winter down here in southern AZ. Shorts all day, beers outside in the evening as we watch the sunset and listen to coyotes yipping it up. Instead of posting about every ride,...
Shambala & Another Snake
Shambala is a mythical kingdom in Tibetan Buddhism and it’s also a Three Dog Night song. For us, it was a trail we rode as part of another day here in Gold Canyon. Some of our day was repeat...
Lost Gold Mine Loop
Today we tackled some of the trails further out on the perimeter against the Superstition Mountains. These are at times more technical than most everything else out here. I really like Lost Gold Mine Trail and we rode a...
Gold Canyon, Arizona
We don’t like driving. After leaving Oracle we drove about 1.5 hours to our next two week spot in Gold Canyon. This time we took a different route up through Superior on a steep ascent. I was curious what...
AZ Trail Tiger Mine
There is one other guy camping out here where we are. He is providing what he calls “trail magic”. The AZ Trail is a great thru hiking trail and over the week we have seen probably 20 or so...
Oracle State Park
I’m currently reading The Elephant Whisperer and today’s ride made me think of Africa. I’ve never been, but some of the landscape characteristics seem like they would be in Africa. From our boondocking spot we rode to Oracle State...
AZ Trail Apache Peak
After a few months in Tucson visiting family we are on the move again. While living in our trail in Tucson we got used to not having to move it and scout spots. Our first spot out of Tucson...