I just realized that I skipped a post about our ride around 20 Mule Team Canyon and out to Hole in the Wall when we were in Death Valley. Oops. 20 Mule Team Canyon For many people, nothing symbolizes Death Valley more than the famous Twenty Mule Teams. These “big teams” pulled massive wagons hauling …
We’ve spent a few weeks in Death Valley over our years on the road since it’s warm in the winter. So we’ve already done a lot of what there is to do in the area. This two week stay we did a lot of new things including this ride out to Skidoo. Skidoo was initially …
Derek and I rode a version of this back when we were in Joshua Tree in 2021. That version was 22.5 miles with 2300′ of climbing. We remembered the start to be pretty sandy so we drove in further this time and cut off a few miles. This is a shortish ride that packs a …
Derek and I did a ride to and around the gravel road that circles the lake. We parked down in the County Park at the bottom of the dam and road up the paved road climb before dropping into the marina. There is a $4 trail fee to ride the 22 mile gravel road, and …
We’re here in San Diego visiting family for a couple weeks and got in a bike ride along the San Luis Rey River Trail out to Oceanside. We’ve ridden this path before and it’s a nice quiet stretch that gets you off the street and out of traffic. The out and back was 21 miles …
From our boondocking spot in Camp Verde, we rode out a gravel road and did a hike up along Clear Creek. The hike actually goes for something like 21 miles but you have to cross the creek (the sign calls it swim crossings), about a dozen times each way. We just did a few miles …
Before the giant rain storm this past weekend, Derek and I rode our bikes on a loop up out of Mancos that went by the Jersey Jim Lookout and around towards Dolores before dropping back down to Transfer Campground. Jersey Jim Tower is an old Forest Service Fire Tower 55′ in the air with an …
When it heats up at lower levels, head up in elevation! This ride topped out at 10,500 and while it was a lot of climbing, the downhills were fast and deserved. The area around Southern Colorado has a lot of gravel roads leading to the high country. Some of the roads are good gravel and …
The tiny town of Dolores, Colorado is a gem. The Dolores River runs through town and out into McPhee Reservoir, there is a fantastic brewery with a nice outdoor beer garden, and Boggy Draw trail network offers great mountain biking. This time, I was there to ride some gravel. Apparently there used to be a …
Aspen Loop is a burly doubletrack/gravel/singletrack big loop in Mancos. We’ve ridden the entire thing before, but this time I did just part of it as a loop with another gravel road to get out to Sharkstooth Pass Trailhead. I started from the trailhead just past Transfer Campground in Mancos, CO. The trail is not …