After finally leaving the Gila National Forest, we moved for a few weeks to the White Mountains of Arizona. Our boondocking spot is nestled in tall pines at around 7500′. There is a rare week-long thunderstorm expected to happen coming up so we hurried to get a few outdoor activities in. The Secret Trails in …
The newly built Sierra Vista Trail in Patagonia replaces a crappy road section that connected the Arizona Trail. It’s called that on Trailforks but I just think of it as an extension of the Temporal Gulch section that Derek rode the other day. This time, starting from the same Casa Blanca Trailhead, the ride was …
The conservation area we are boondocking at has a few ride options for gravel bikes. We’ve ridden and camped here before and always love the piece and quiet. The rides aren’t super exciting, but the desert grassland scenery with mountains surrounding is calming. Las Cienegas, which means marshlands, is a 45,000 acre Congress designated Conservation …
A new section of the Arizona Trail! If you’ve been following our blog over the years you have seen all our posts about the Arizona Trail. While camping for a couple weeks down by Sonoita, it was perfect to have this new section by Patagonia open. After years of hard work and determination, the Arizona …
Derek and I took an afternoon to walk around the historic Fairbanks Townsite. Originally the location of a Native American village known as Santa Cruz in the 18th century, the area was later settled around the time the railroad came through in 1881. It was officially named Fairbank on May 16, 1883 after previously being …
Since 2019 when we left Bend and went full time traveling in our rv, we have spent each winter in AZ to stay warm. Once again, here we are in Tucson for a few months visiting family, riding bikes, and staying warm. We have experienced some cold nights, but nothing our Outdoors RV can’t handle …
I forgot to write a blog post about our last ride in Prescott. This time we rode from camp on a series of trails to get to the further reaches of the network. Our ride was 14 miles with 1789′ of climbing and topped out at 6999′. Today we rode up to West Spruce Ridge …
It’s always nice to be camped on trail networks because driving isn’t involved. We rode out and back from camp to Wolverton Mountain and then all the way back. The ride was 21 miles with 2568′ of climbing. We started off riding Honeybucket Trail out to Cold Springs Trail and then Aspen Creek. There was …
It was getting a bit toasty down in the valley so we’ve moved north to Prescott for the week. Our new boondocking spot is up around 6400′ with highs forecasted in the 70’s. We were last in Prescott back in 2015 when we camped and rode with some friends for a couple days so it’s …
We finished off our time in Black Canyon by riding two more sections of the Black Canyon Trail. These two sections weren’t very long thankfully, because it was a warm day. The ride was 15 miles with 1699′ of climbing. Today we got a late start to riding because a dog wandered up to our …