Two weeks at 7000+ feet has been good to us. We’re still safe and sound, continuing to social distance. Most days we ride between 20 and 30 miles, nothing too crazy, always beautiful. Yesterday on my gravel ride I saw two riders up in the distance so I turned around and added on another 4 …
Our daily routines haven’t changed much with the pandemic. We still get up and have coffee; I make it since Derek is not capable of much until he drinks it. For over a year now we have been using an Aeropress and love it. Breakfast happens, I do stretches for about an hour, and then …
Three days, three rides. We’re on our gravel bikes these days and exploring everything we can right from our trailer. It’s nice to just get on and go. We made it up to 9000′ on our ride today before we hit snow and mud and turned around. It was 26 miles with 2300′ of climbing …
Living full time on the road has added challenges during this pandemic. Our plans in Texas were to ride it out in state parks through May, where we could be away from people. Keeping a close eye on what was happening around the country, we weren’t surprised when the cancellation notices for our next reservation …
For the last two weeks we have been social distancing in San Angelo State Park. We’re at a campground with ginormous spots; biggest I’ve ever seen at a campground! We aren’t campground people, but in Texas there isn’t a whole lot of public land for primitive camping. The park has over 50 miles of trails, …
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 population centers and to parks that aren’t closing. Living full time in an rv has added …
Del Rio Walkabout San Felipe Creek runs through old Del Rio, fed by one of the largest artesian springs in Texas. A green corridor of parks with walking paths stripe the banks. It was a fairly windy day and not wanting to battle the winds paddleboarding Lake Amistad again, we walked all the way from …
Our inflatable paddle boards are getting a lot of use this winter. It’s been warm here in Del Rio, Texas which makes water sports ideal. We spent two days paddling this past week. Rough Canyon Amistad National Recreation Area is huge. It is a shared dam with Mexico including 1.81 miles of the damn in …
Devils River Natural Area State Park is remote and that’s just what we like. We drove some 22 miles down a dirt road to get there. There are some trails in the park, though the river is the draw. I did a 13 or so mile mountain bike ride that had around 1000′ of climbing. …
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 former sea captain who bought land there in 1882 said the terrain reminded him of the …