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Historic Lincoln, NM

Heidi Faller Posted onSeptember 29, 2020September 29, 2020 History, Lincoln, New Mexico Leave a Comment 719 Views

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...

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Alpine Tunnel Trail

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Colorado, History, Mountain Biking, Salida Leave a Comment 1566 Views

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...

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San Antonio, Texas

Heidi Faller Posted onMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020 History, Road Riding, Texas Leave a Comment 458 Views

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...

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Leaving Big Bend

Heidi Faller Posted onMarch 12, 2020March 12, 2020 hiking, History, Texas 1 Comment 848 Views

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...

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Fort Davis, Texas

Heidi Faller Posted onFebruary 3, 2020February 3, 2020 History, National Park, Texas Leave a Comment 866 Views

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...

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Mesilla, New Mexico

Heidi Faller Posted onJanuary 12, 2020January 12, 2020 History, Las Cruces, New Mexico Leave a Comment 595 Views
Old Mesilla Plaza, 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....

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Dripping Springs

Heidi Faller Posted onJanuary 10, 2020January 10, 2020 hiking, History, Las Cruces, New Mexico Leave a Comment 758 Views

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...

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Cottonwood Day Trip

Heidi Faller Posted onApril 9, 2019February 1, 2022 Arizona, Beer, History, Sedona Leave a Comment 718 Views

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...

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Beatty, Nevada

Derek Posted onJanuary 23, 2019January 23, 2019 History, Mountain Biking, Nevada 2 Comments 2400 Views
Welcome to 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...

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You’ve Got Mail

Heidi Faller Posted onJanuary 12, 2019January 12, 2019 History, Nevada 5 Comments 727 Views

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...

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