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 settlements together and providing a way to travel long distances. Today it’s an 80 mile mostly …
Month: March 2022
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, I’ll do a recap of the last handful. We have the trail system largely to ourselves. …
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 of trails we rode before, but this was a new to us one. The trail itself …
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 new section called Lost and Found that I don’t think gets much use. It’s more technical …
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 that are looked like after reading Oak Flats last year. I didn’t get any pictures of …
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 people pass by. This guy set up a little pop up tent, has chairs, coolers, and …
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 Park along the Arizona Trail and then did some of the trails there before looping back. …
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 wasn’t very far though; we are just past Oracle. Our first day back on the road, …