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’ of climbing. Goler Canyon To get to Goler Canyon we drove out a gravel road that …
Derek and I rode our bikes up to Aguereberry Point. We started from the Wildrose Campground and rode out and back for a total of 33 miles with 3745’ of climbing. The first half of the road is on pavement and climbs up through Death Valley on a little to no traffic road. I think …
The desert has more than its fair share of pinnacles. The Trona Pinnacles are famous though! The Trona Pinnacles are located where an ancient lake bed used to be and represent a unique geological landscape. Over 500 of these tufa or calcium carbonate spires are spread out over a 14 square mile area across the …
Back in Bend we loved to eat at Wild Rose Thai; that place had THE BEST Thai food. The hike we did the other day had me thinking about that restaurant the whole way as we hiked up Wildrose Peak. Our hike was 8.7 miles with 2539′ of climbing up to the tippy top of …
Death Valley is well known for the Mesquite Dunes at Stovepipe Wells and Derek and I hiked those last time we were here. You can see pictures of that here. In the 2+ years on the road we also hiked White Sands National Park, and Great Sand Dunes National Park. The other day we hiked …
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 trails and climbing up and down to the ridgeline you can rack up the elevation easily. …
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 Camp and back. Our ride was 14 miles with 3418’ of climbing. With a short half …
Our new spot in Panamint Valley is beautiful! We are alone on BLM land up against big desert mountains like Sentinel Peak (9634′). A couple cars go by during the day as hikers head up to Surprise Canyon Wilderness. Other than that it’s dead quiet and very remote. The down side is there is no …
We are totally digging grocery pick-up. Since last February that is how we’ve been getting our groceries and I’m not sure I ever want to go back in a store again. We place an order every two weeks or so which works great because we move boondocking spots every 14 days. Our pickup was in …
Keys View Keys View is the highest road in Joshua Tree National Park at 5187′. After hiking we drove up to check it out. Panoramic views of the Coachella Valley spread out below and we snapped a couple pictures. There was a bit of snow on Mt San Jacinto and Mt San Gorgonio which made …