I love this area for all the rivers, lakes, and trails! Lewiston Lake is a small dammed section of Trinity River that sits just below Trinity Lake. On a quiet week day, we did a big road loop that went through the town of Lewiston, by the lake, and up along Trinity Lake too. Big …
The terrain along the Trinity River in Northern California is very hilly. Very. There is room for a river, a road, a couple houses and then the canyon walls rising steeply. We cheated and drove a few miles to get further up the winding Corral Bottom Road for a ride. This ride was mostly paved, …
Helena, CA is a ghost town near Weaverville in Northern California and we rode our bikes out to the end of the road to see the forest and Trinity River. The site of the Helena ghost town was originally a Native American camp going back as far as 4,000 years ago. A man by the …
After our two weeks in the Yosemite area we headed north and west. The drive was beautiful as we headed past Clear Lake. Clear Lake is believed to be one of the oldest lakes in North America with core samples indicating it’s at least 480,000 years old. With 68 square miles of surface area, it’s …
I don’t even remember how I found this ride but I’m glad I did. It’s a long drive from most anywhere you’d ever be. We are in Coarsegold, CA and it was about 40 min to where we started our ride. Instead of driving all the way out to the start of Million Dollar Road, …
Construction began on a road through the Kern Canyon in the mid 1890’s. This road was built by Edison Electric for constructing their Kern River #1 powerhouse between 1902 and 1907. Materials needed to construct the facility were transported using 20-mule teams across rough terrain and up steep, narrow mountain roads carved out with picks …
We’re here in San Diego visiting family for a couple weeks and got in a bike ride along the San Luis Rey River Trail out to Oceanside. We’ve ridden this path before and it’s a nice quiet stretch that gets you off the street and out of traffic. The out and back was 21 miles …
Sabino Canyon in Tucson is best known for it’s hiking but in the mornings before 9 and most evenings after 5 bikes are allowed on the road. The road is always closed to cars which is awesome. One evening I did a road ride and incorporated an out and back at Sabino. The lighting was …
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. …
Tucson is known for it’s warm winter weather and people are definitely out and about getting exercise. We rode the loop over to A Mountain and then after a quick trip up and down it, headed a little further before turning back. We’ve ridden this before and I posted about it here. The climb itself …