Another week in Bend is in the books! Before the weather turned too frigid we rode a couple of our old higher elevation favorites and were not disappointed. On a cloudy cool day we rode Charlton/Waldo/Twins loop which is...
Back in Bend
We haven’t been back to Bend since we left almost three years ago…until now. We waited for the summer smoke to end and finally made our way here for a few weeks before continuing south for the winter. Luckily...
Lookout Mountain Ride
Derek and I rode Lookout Mountain loop back in 2004 with Cogwild and instantly loved it. The loop is 19.5 miles with 3654′ of climbing up to 6931′. The weather was a bit iffy and we got sprinkled on...
Scotty/Cougar Creek
We are inching our way closer to Bend for a visit. After a quick ride around Phillips Lake where we were camped, we picked up and moved to the Ochocos. We are boondocking in the forest on familiar turf....
Sumpter Gravel Ride
Sumpter, OR is a tiny town with a lot of gold mining history. Derek planned a gravel loop that took us up from camp through some back gravel logging roads to Sumpter where we stopped and toured the Dredge....
Anthony Lakes
Our original plan was to camp for a week up at Anthony Lakes…until we saw the weather forecast of below freezing overnight temps and highs in the 40’s. So instead we camped lower and drove up to the mountain...
Elkhorn Crest Trail
The Elkhorn Crest Trail has been our bucket list for quite some time. In the almost three years that we have been traveling fulltime and checking off places to go, things to see, trails to hike and ride, and...
Zumwalt Prairie Ride
This remote gravel ride through the Zumwalt Prairie was extremely pretty and diverse. We took our mountain bikes on this one because the route we planned was pretty rough and chunky. Our out and back was 24 miles with...
Umatilla Rim Trail Loop
I heard from several people that this trail was worth the hour drive from where we are boondocking. It was. Our mountain bike loop was 23.2 miles with 2622′ of climbing up to the highpoint of 5251′. It was...
Mt Emily Recreation Ride Day 2
After climbing up a series of trails out at MERA the day before, we switched it up and decided to descend them. Our loop was 13.3 miles with 2248′ of climbing up to 5205′. Mt Emily gravel/dirt road leads...