Our friends at Dirty Freehub posted this ride and on a cool day (60 degrees) we gave it a whirl. The recent heavy rainfall left us uncertain, so we chose to ride mountain bikes and were happy. Our ride was 32 miles with 1034′ of climbing though it felt like more to me. This is …
We found a new trail and it’s awesome! Mockingbird/Shemwell Trail is the newest addition to the Starr Pass trail network, built in fall 2021 by Pima County NRPR and Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists. We incorporated it into our ride the other day and did a route covering 15.8 miles with 1408′ of climbing. We rode …
I’ve been seeing pictures of snow in parts of the country and I do miss my ski adventures. That said, it’s been warm enough in Tucson to usually ride in shorts and short sleeves. The couple days it dipped below 70 degrees caused me to break out my arm warmers! haha! This post is more …
The Arizona Trail section that heads north towards Saguaro National Park from just past Vail, AZ is a great section. We usually start this ride from the Cienega Creek Natural Preserve. The Preserve is a 4,010 acre parcel of land located along Cienega Creek and there was even water running in the creek when we …
We spend time in Tucson every winter enjoying family and warm weather so a lot of our posts aren’t about new rides. The Arizona National Scenic Trail is a complete non-motorized path, stretching 800 diverse miles across Arizona from Mexico to Utah and it’s awesome. Over the years we have ridden quite a bit of …
We’re back in the Southwest for the winter and loving the warm temperatures and sunshine. The last few weeks have been full of bike rides (both mountain and road), and family time. We rode our old favorite Honeybee to Ridgeline mountain bike loop. It’s one of our favorites in Tucson because it’s remote and technical …
The winter weather has been phenomenal for our adventures. We hike a 6.8 mile loop the other day with quite a good amount of climbing though we aren’t sure how much. The Hiking Project app failed to record the appropriate gain…I doubt it was really 10,000′! The loop was sandy in some sections, but mostly …
Our last adventure of the year was a hike out at Starr Pass. In about 5 miles we went out, around and up Enchantment Hill and the surrounding area. Normally we mountain bike in the area but the trail to the top of Enchantment Hill would be mostly hike a bike so we’ve never done …
Derek and I are still in Tucson enjoying “winter”. It seems I have a pesky case of tennis elbow that is hanging on as long as possible. Even though I’m not riding, I get outside and walk or hike every day. There are a bazillion trails to hike and winter is a perfect time when …
After two years of life on the road full time and consistently hard days of riding we are taking some time off the bike to recover. Staying in our trailer on family property in Tucson, we’re getting in some much needed rest. Luckily we have spent the entire pandemic quarantined so we are able to …