Not everyone you meet on the internet is bad. I’ve belonged to a mountain bike message board for about 20 years and have met some of these people in real life when out traveling. Hell, I even hosted a group at my place in Bend one year and we spent a fun week riding and …
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 …
The short hike into Santa Elena Canyon we did the other day was gorgeous but we wanted to go further. To access the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park is different than in Big Bend Ranch State Park. In the state park we were able to just walk down and launch, no permit other …
After sleeping in and feasting on homemade pancakes, we decided to try paddling the Rio Grande. The Visitors Center in town didn’t really have much river intel when we asked, so we decided to just wing it and go. We launched our paddleboards from camp and headed upstream first, figuring worst case, if it was …
Our week here at Lake Powell has flown by as most weeks seem to. We would stay longer, but the weather is calling for some storms and unlike most of our spots, this one isn’t free. So we are heading over to Hurricane, Utah for some mountain biking and to visit with some friends that …
Lower Antelope Canyon was our adventure for the day. The plan was to paddle board from Antelope boat launch back to and through the canyon as far as we could and then hike. The first mile was the choppiest churned up section of water I’ve ever paddled. Speed boats, tours, jet skis, everything. The water …
After spending a week in the Grand Canyon, we pulled in the awning and slide out, folded up the outdoor mat and chairs and off we went to our next adventure. We drove through Grand Canyon National Park one last time and stopped at the Watchtower to take in the views. After walking up the …
Today was a bit of an adventure. We started out by trying to ride down a back road to get to the dam at Apache Lake but after a couple miles in we encountered a very official No Trespassing Government Property sign and had to turn back. Instead, we rode a couple miles down the …