Dead Horse Loop Just west of Las Vegas lies the Late Night Trailhead where we spent a couple days riding fun singletrack. With sunny skies and temps in the 60’s we lathered up with sunscreen and hit the singletrack. The loop we did the first day climbed gradually through Badger Pass with a detour onto …
Sometimes you stumble upon things and are rewarded. On our way to Death Valley we passed a sign for a wildlife refuge and decided to visit it later on our way towards Vegas. Ash Meadows is over 23,000 acres of spring-fed wetlands and desert land. Fact: It has the greatest concentration of endemic life in …
Marble Canyon Hike Just down the road from where we camped in Stovepipe Wells is a hike up Marble Canyon. Some people do this as a multi-day 32 mile trip and hike up Marble Canyon and down Cottonwood Canyon but we opted for a shorter out and back. The drive out on the road is …
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 my vacation time to go to races. So, Derek traveled to Bend and bought a house …