Our new spot for the next few weeks is by Lake Mead in Nevada. We were in the area for a short stay a few years ago and had fun. There are only so many places to go to stay warm in the winter and the temperatures here fit the bill. Our first hike was …
The desert has more than its fair share of pinnacles. The Trona Pinnacles are famous though! The Trona Pinnacles are located where an ancient lake bed used to be and represent a unique geological landscape. Over 500 of these tufa or calcium carbonate spires are spread out over a 14 square mile area across the …
Back in Bend we loved to eat at Wild Rose Thai; that place had THE BEST Thai food. The hike we did the other day had me thinking about that restaurant the whole way as we hiked up Wildrose Peak. Our hike was 8.7 miles with 2539′ of climbing up to the tippy top of …
Death Valley is well known for the Mesquite Dunes at Stovepipe Wells and Derek and I hiked those last time we were here. You can see pictures of that here. In the 2+ years on the road we also hiked White Sands National Park, and Great Sand Dunes National Park. The other day we hiked …
Our new spot in Panamint Valley is beautiful! We are alone on BLM land up against big desert mountains like Sentinel Peak (9634′). A couple cars go by during the day as hikers head up to Surprise Canyon Wilderness. Other than that it’s dead quiet and very remote. The down side is there is no …
We are totally digging grocery pick-up. Since last February that is how we’ve been getting our groceries and I’m not sure I ever want to go back in a store again. We place an order every two weeks or so which works great because we move boondocking spots every 14 days. Our pickup was in …
Keys View Keys View is the highest road in Joshua Tree National Park at 5187′. After hiking we drove up to check it out. Panoramic views of the Coachella Valley spread out below and we snapped a couple pictures. There was a bit of snow on Mt San Jacinto and Mt San Gorgonio which made …
We spent another gloriously sunny day hiking around in the desert looking at rocks and a mine. Our hike was a 9.8 mile loop out to Ruby Lee Mill and around Porcupine Wash with almost 1000′ of climbing. Disclaimer: We saw no porcupines. We hiked out into the Hexie Mountains across the desert heading generally …
Needing a shorter hike after a long day before, we picked to hike to Mastodon Peak and then free hike out to some rock formations and explore. Our hike was 5 miles of exploration. We started hiking from the Cottonwood Springs Trailhead and went clockwise up the wash to the trail leading to Mastodon Mine. …
After taking a day off we picked a longer hike on the other side of the park to tackle. Our hike was 9.2 miles with a whole lot of slow going boulder scrambling at the turn around point. We hiked out to Willow Hole which is a giant willow tree that is nestled in towering …