The night before I had to scramble with the front desk staff of my hotel to try and help me find a ride to my activity the following morning, as it was about an hour north. We found a gent that would give me a ride there, but we’d leave at 6:30 a.m. so that…
Tag: biking
Spinning my wheels on the backroads of unincorporated Joshua Tree
No need for a shirt today, as it’s above eighty degrees at 7 a.m. out here in the desert on this Autumn morning. I finish my Bloody Mary and climb onto my bike. The sand is deep on the unincorporated roads out here on the edge of Joshua Tree. I find the strange out here….
The Arkansas River Trail
It’s just above fifty degrees on this November morning as I make my way into a new city. Little Rock. Previously all I’d known about this town was from the movie character Lieutenant Dan’s comment about the city in Forrest Gump. I needed a more solid frame of reference. The mighty Arkansas river is before…
Biking Biltmore
Across the country I go in October, first from a plane, then to a car which gets me to my final destination, the Biltmore Estate. The beauty of the Carolina mountains has me salivating for some outdoor time, yet little did I know what that would all entail as I checked into my hotel. I…
Biking with Bears
I wake up to a perfect June day around Lake Tahoe. The blue skies and warm temperatures are just calling for a bike ride. I find a rental shop that has exactly what I need, and next thing I know I am rolling along the Tahoe trail. The roar of the river fills my ears…
Wrapping up my time in CDMX (biking Teotihuacan)
The final hours of my last day in Mexico City was spent on a bike, cruising around the Teotihuacan archeological site.I come to the realization of the importance in supporting local tour operators. A young husband and wife had invested in some mountain bikes to start a small tour group that takes tourists around Teotihuacan…
Sweet single track in the San Tans
Almost every morning for the last two years I’ve awoke to the beauty of the San Tan mountains off in the distance, as seen from my bathroom window as I get ready for the day. With so much to see and experience here in the Phoenix area, it had taken this long but the time…
Turning a corner at Bootleg Canyon
A wild hair was gnawing at the base of my neck to get back on my mountain bike. When I get back into something, I go full throttle. I wake at 4am and head on up to Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, Nevada to get my ride on. Four hours later I arrive to a…
Mountain biking at Usery
In what seems to be a never ending quest to find new things to do here in Arizona, Usery Mountain Park fit the bill last weekend. My mountain bikes have looked ever so sad just sitting in my garage, and so to alleviate this problem, I go to hit the gnarly trails at Usery….
biking around the ruins of Coba
The large and peaceful grounds of the ancient city of Coba awaits me. It is here that I am searching for a large pyramid that I can climb to it’s peak and feel the Mayan spirit of old. To do this, I decide to rent a bike and ride along the flat Yucatan roads among…
Trailside Park
The previous night’s rain did little to damper my plans. I stretch and wolf down a little breakfast before assembling my bike for some early morning trail riding in Trailside Park. The cool Fall air is perfect as I ride these hills. Although I don’t bike anywhere near as often as I did, the world…
Soapstone
A mostly cloudless Fall day awaits those who slowly awaken this morning. I jump start my motor and head for the Uinta Mountains, ready to ride the fury of Soapstone basin. Small groups of hunters gather around camper trailers, drinking morning coffee huddled next to a burning fire. I dress in bright red to avoid…