We didn't realize until we arrived in Hurricane how close to Zion National Park (Zion Canyon part of the park) we were boondocked - 17 miles to be exact. From the two boondocking sites we stayed at we could see the Zion mountains in the horizon. The benefit of living this close to a national park is that we we aren't in a hurry to hike everything in a few days' time.
Read MoreThe Hurricane Mountain Bike Festival is a 3-day event where a bunch of bike vendors are on-site with demo bikes for festival goers to ride. Shuttles for JEM trails are provided, breakfasts and a dinner are included and there’s a beer garden, raffle giveaways, and music. All for the price of $55. Which is a really good deal.
Read MoreBlue Ridge Outdoors, our hometown outdoor magazine, did a Q & A with us and we're psyched. This is the magazine that we used to pick up monthly to read, so it's super cool to be featured online! The timing also worked out nicely since it was just a few days before our one year anniversary.
Read MoreEvery year we fly out west somewhere to go snowboarding. The last two winters the annual trips didn’t happen because we were rebuilding the Toaster. But this year we made it happen. It’s Andrew second winter in Jackson and we decided to meet there.
Read MoreAfter Borrego Springs we were really itching to get some mountain biking in. We still had about 2 weeks before we had to be in Jackson, WY so we decided to detour east over to Tucson, AZ to ride. While neither of us had ridden in Tucson, we heard it had pretty good trails.
Read MoreOur main reason for going to Mittry Lake Wildlife Area in Yuma, Arizona was so Tybee could go swimming. While we were in Borrego Springs, we had a conversation with a vet about Tybee that left us frazzled, sad and more aware of the potentially limited amount of time we have with her.
Read MoreHere are some photos of how we spent our time in Borrego Springs when we weren't hanging out with other RVers at camp.
Read MoreMy initial thought after seeing Government Wash, our boondock site at Lake Mead, was that it looked like the place had blown up. There were rocks everywhere.
Read MoreWhenever I think of the desert, the word empty finds its way to my tongue. I find it to be an empty and desolate landscape. Then I worry about how long I can last in it - the lack of trees, of greenery, of water. The things I’m used to having around me.
Read MoreOur trip through California was a quick one for many reasons. But we still got to see a lot.
Read MoreWe left Washington and headed straight into Portland. Here is where our travel "plans" ended (by plans I mean very vague plans that sounded like this, “Yes, we’re going to keep heading south.”). While I had a lot of places I wanted to go in Oregon it would have meant crisscrossing the state a dozen times.
Read MoreOur summer plans for Washington got turned upside down when our original truck brakes failed. By the time we actually left the Seattle area it was October 18 and summer was long gone. A lot of the places we wanted to go visit were off the table because of the weather. But we decided that Olympic peninsula was our must-do before we headed out of Washington.
Read MoreHappy birthday to my sweetest girl! Celebrating 13 years of playing splash, jumping off docks, mountain biking through rhodo tunnels...
Read MoreGoing through my photos to pull some together for a post I was going to work on, I came across pictures from the first trip we took the Alpacka Raft on. I realized that I never wrote a post about it. From the title of this post you can guess how it went, but I encourage you to keep reading because you may learn a thing or two from our mistakes. If not, no worries, we’ll read this and be reminded to not make the same mistakes again!
Read MoreThis is a travel recap of the Blackfoot River and lakes that are so worth the visit when you’re going through Montana.
Read MoreA quick summary of the hikes we did in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest along with tips to help you make the most of your hikes.
Read MoreRiding in the Canyons of the Ancients was definitely a lot more fun than hiking it. It was also a treat because we didn’t expect to be able to bike there since it’s a national monument. But that, along with the views inside the canyon and the trail itself pleasantly surprised us. What caught us off guard was the beginning part of that trail from the north trailhead.
Read MoreThere are so many hiking options in Glacier National Park that it was really hard for us to decide where to go the day after we got back from our backpacking trip. Since we didn’t have the dogs with us, we wanted to make sure we took full advantage of it and chose a day hike that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to do.
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