Derek and I have visited Astoria several times back when we lived in Bend and it is always fun. This visit was no different. I craved fish and chips so first up was a stop at The Bowpicker. The Bowpicker is a converted gillnet boat that sits on dry land now in a little lot …
After leaving Butte, we drove a short distance and are now in the Anaconda/ Phillipsburg, MT area for a week. The day of our first ride here the weather forecast was for 90% chance of rain after noon but we took our chance and went for a ride anyway. We rode up to four alpine …
There are quite a few lakes in the Island Park/ West Yellowstone area. We road to Sheep Lake, Coffin Lake, and Hebgen Lake. On one of our days off we went from camp to check out Henry Lake. There’s a state park at Henry Lake but we are camped on a back road to it …
Derek and I celebrated our 22 year wedding anniversary the other day and spent the day at Palisades Reservoir and Melvin Brewery. Palisades Reservoir was completed in 1957 to provide irrigation water, flood control, and recreation. Supposedly it supplies irrigation water to more than 1.1 million acres or about 19,000 farms. We drove right down …
This is our first time in Pocatello, ID and so far so good. There are a plethora of trails in and around town which is what drew us to the area. After spending some time in the morning scraping tree sap off the windshield of the truck with a razor blade, we hit the City …
This loop is primo backcountry singletrack that definitely makes a top notch ride. Don’t get me wrong, it was pretty tough, but very fun. We rode from camp and it was 22 miles with 3876′ of climbing. This ride required a semi-early start because the temps this week are in the 90’s. From camp we …
Taos Vortex Ride I have no idea why they call this ride the Taos Vortex, but it was a blast. The MTB Project app describes it as a grueling endure-techno rockhopping ride on the best foothill trails. The route is kind of a figure 8 of sorts and starts from El Nogal Trailhead which is …
Looking back through pictures, we realized we never posted from out last days in San Diego. While staying with Derek’s mom, we took another day to ride around the area and check out the views. We took our gravel bikes again and did a big loop that clocked in at 38 miles with 3600′ of …
Engineer Mountain Trail Engineer Mountain Trail is typically done as a shuttle but without that option, we rode it as an out and back. It’s pretty straightforward, you climb for 9.2 miles and 3,624′ and then turn around and descend. The switchbacks start pretty close to the beginning and you wind your way up through …
After a couple weeks in Telluride, we moved on to Durango. We were here back in June but a lot of the high country trails were under snow so we decided to come back. Animas Mtn and Ned Overend Trails We rode a loop on Animas Mountain last time and had fun so we did …