You find mountain biking in the most unlikely places sometimes! Derek and I rode the Jackrabbit Trail system in Overton, Nevada on two separate days and they are fun. Both days we rode around 15 miles with 1800′ of...
McCullough Hills Mountain Biking
Derek and I mountain biked at McCullough Hills in Henderson, NV on a beautiful 80 degree morning. I did some online research and Trailforks says there are 50 trails for a total 66 miles. I rode 15.8 miles with...
River Mountains Trail Loop
Brilliant idea. Create a continuous bike path that encircles the city and gets people off busy streets. Tucson has the loop that we have ridden a bunch over the years, and this time we checked out the River Mountains...
Charles Manson’s Cabin Ride
There seem to be endless gravel roads that head up canyons in Death Valley though some are longer than others. We rode up Goler Canyon one day to Barker Ranch and back. Our ride was 15 miles with 2530’...
El Paso Mountains Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest, CA has a trail network in the El Paso Mountains right up the road from town. We spent a couple hours checking out the trails. For being a local trail network right in town it has pretty fun...
Pleasant Canyon Ride
Looking at the mountains behind us at camp, it looks like dry and rocky with stripes of minerals swirled around and different rock layers piled up. Looks are deceiving though. From camp we rode up Pleasant Canyon to Clair’s...
Praying Hands to Slot Rock
Two weeks at our current boondocking spot went fast and our last few days were spent like the rest, riding and hiking. Our Praying Hands to Slot Rock hike was a 5.2 mile loop with 1004′ of climbing and...
Gold Canyon, AZ
After a couple months boondocking at family property in Tucson, we struck out on the road for more adventure. We passed the 2 year full time traveling mark back on January 12 and are ready for more. Fattened up...
Sopori Trails
Our boondocking spot this week has glorious views of Santa Rita Mountains, Tumacacori Mountains, Sierrita Mountains, Elephant Head, and more! It’s pretty quiet out here…and very dark at night. Trailforks showed some trails in the Tubac area which is...
Keeping Sane
Arizona Trail It’s easy to overload on politics. When I was little I did a class project to trace my family history. Part of the assignment involved interviewing relatives about their lives. Some of the questions were about politics...