On a day off from riding we drove a short distance to visit the historic Lincoln, New Mexico. There are a lot of old buildings and things to see in town and we walked up one side of the...
Alpine Tunnel Trail
Derek and I rode the Alpine Trail Loop outside of St. Elmo, Colorado about 16 years ago and remembered how cool it was so we decided to ride it again. Our loop was 20.5 miles with 2890′ of climbing...
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Mission Trail Ride It’s been awhile since we’ve posted so here’s a recap. We had plans for quite a long time in the San Antonio and Austin area but we curtailed them and are headed further from...
Leaving Big Bend
Marathon, Texas After 5 weeks in the Big Bend area of Texas, we finally moved on. Marathon, Texas is the first town we passed through and stopped to stretch our legs. It’s named after Greece because Albion Shepard, a...
Fort Davis, Texas
Fort Davis National Monument Located in the Davis Mountains and surrounded by views of the Chihuahuan Desert lies the small town of Fort Davis, Texas. The town is named for the military post established there in 1854 along the...
Mesilla, New Mexico
Derek and I both like old buildings so we went into the old Mesilla village in Las Cruces. Mesilla was incorporated in 1848 and in the “wild west” era attracted colorful characters like Billy the Kid and Poncho Villa....
Dripping Springs
Once again, we put our National Park pass to use and visited Dripping Springs Natural Area. It’s Bureau of Land Management and normal $5 but they accept the park pass so it was no charge for us. We spent...
Cottonwood Day Trip
Sedona and the trails get busier on the weekends from people coming up for the weekend, so we took Sunday off to run some errands. We went to Cottonwood which is a lot less touristy then Sedona to spend...
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...
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...