During our 7+ years of full time rv living and traveling we’ve passed through the Vegas area several times. There is really great mountain biking on the outskirts by Red Rock Canyon and we rode there a couple more times this past week. Blue Diamond, originally called Cottonwood Springs, served as a stop on the …
Saguaro National Park in Tucson is actually two separate locations – east and west. I like the east one because the paved eight mile loop around the park is one way and the speed limit is low. Perfect for road riding. Derek and I have ridden this loop many times and love the big views. …
Sweetwater Preserve is a great mountain bike option if you’re up for a couple hours of trail riding. There isn’t a lot out there, but if you get creative you can put connect all the trails and get a decent ride in. Be warned though, this is pretty popular with hikers so depending when you …
The Lehman Cave system began forming around 550 million years ago while the area was still submerged in a relatively warm, shallow ocean. As sediment layers built up on the bottom of this sea, limestone was formed from the silt, sand and skeletal remains of sea life. The limestone was greatly compressed as a result of the pressure of the …
After spending a few months boondocking at my family’s property in Tucson and taking advantage of city life, we’re back on the road. The temps still need to warm up after a cold winter for us to head anywhere very far. So we’ll be bouncing around the southwest for a while. I’ve acquired an addiction …
Our friends at Dirty Freehub had a proposed gravel route that needed vetting so we checked it out. We broke it into two separate loops and rode the first loop the other day and posted about it here. The second half of the proposed route is where we ran into difficulty. We ran into closed, …