On a day off from riding we drove a short distance to visit the historic Lincoln, New Mexico. There are a lot of old buildings and things to see in town and we walked up one side of the street and down the other. Many places were closed inside due to the coronavirus but we …
Derek and I rode the Alpine Trail Loop outside of St. Elmo, Colorado about 16 years ago and remembered how cool it was so we decided to ride it again. Our loop was 20.5 miles with 2890′ of climbing reaching a high point of 12320′. We waited for a day when there was zero chance …
San Antonio Mission Trail Ride It’s been awhile since we’ve posted so here’s a recap. We had plans for quite a long time in the San Antonio and Austin area but we curtailed them and are headed further from population centers and to parks that aren’t closing. Living full time in an rv has added …
Marathon, Texas After 5 weeks in the Big Bend area of Texas, we finally moved on. Marathon, Texas is the first town we passed through and stopped to stretch our legs. It’s named after Greece because Albion Shepard, a former sea captain who bought land there in 1882 said the terrain reminded him of the …
Fort Davis National Monument Located in the Davis Mountains and surrounded by views of the Chihuahuan Desert lies the small town of Fort Davis, Texas. The town is named for the military post established there in 1854 along the San Antonio-El Paso Road. Derek and I spent an afternoon touring the historic fort and hiking …
Derek and I both like old buildings so we went into the old Mesilla village in Las Cruces. Mesilla was incorporated in 1848 and in the “wild west” era attracted colorful characters like Billy the Kid and Poncho Villa. Back in 1854, the United States acquired present day New Mexico and Arizona as part of …
Once again, we put our National Park pass to use and visited Dripping Springs Natural Area. It’s Bureau of Land Management and normal $5 but they accept the park pass so it was no charge for us. We spent the afternoon hiking around and checking out the area. First, we hiked out to the namesake, …
Sedona and the trails get busier on the weekends from people coming up for the weekend, so we took Sunday off to run some errands. We went to Cottonwood which is a lot less touristy then Sedona to spend the day. Before heading into Cottonwood to do fun stuff like laundry and grocery shopping, we …
We stopped off in Beatty, Nevada for a few days before heading down into Death Valley National Park. Beatty is a small town that used to be an old mining town. Now it seems to mostly get by from people passing through on their way to/ from Death Valley. The weather this week hasn’t been …
When Derek and I moved to Bend 15 years ago I’d never seen the house we were moving into. I’d been working full time at a Fortune 500 company and racing mountain bikes professionally, which meant I used all my vacation time to go to races. So, Derek traveled to Bend and bought a house …