Derek and I first rode this mixed gravel/paved route back in 2016 and loved it. Since then, Dirty Freehub has produced a modified route that adds on a section down to Priest Hole and around. It’s a great route...
Lookout Mountain Ride
Derek and I rode Lookout Mountain loop back in 2004 with Cogwild and instantly loved it. The loop is 19.5 miles with 3654′ of climbing up to 6931′. The weather was a bit iffy and we got sprinkled on...
Scotty/Cougar Creek
We are inching our way closer to Bend for a visit. After a quick ride around Phillips Lake where we were camped, we picked up and moved to the Ochocos. We are boondocking in the forest on familiar turf....
Sumpter Gravel Ride
Sumpter, OR is a tiny town with a lot of gold mining history. Derek planned a gravel loop that took us up from camp through some back gravel logging roads to Sumpter where we stopped and toured the Dredge....
Anthony Lakes
Our original plan was to camp for a week up at Anthony Lakes…until we saw the weather forecast of below freezing overnight temps and highs in the 40’s. So instead we camped lower and drove up to the mountain...
Elkhorn Crest Trail
The Elkhorn Crest Trail has been our bucket list for quite some time. In the almost three years that we have been traveling fulltime and checking off places to go, things to see, trails to hike and ride, and...
Waterfall!
After a hard day on the bikes yesterday, we opted for a hike to get back into the wilderness where bikes aren’t allowed. We hiked out to some falls in the Eagle Cap Wilderness Our hike was 6.7 miles...
Zumwalt Prairie Ride
This remote gravel ride through the Zumwalt Prairie was extremely pretty and diverse. We took our mountain bikes on this one because the route we planned was pretty rough and chunky. Our out and back was 24 miles with...
Chief Joseph Day
For the first time ever, we’re out in Eastern Oregon. We spent our first day doing a couple short hikes just to get out and see some stuff. There are a ton of hikes out in the Wallowas and...
Spring Mountain Gravel Route
Derek found another gravel exploration option for us to explore close to where we are boondocking. We road mountain bikes on this lollipop ride since we weren’t sure of what we would find. Our ride was 23.6 miles with...