Trail Wanderlust
I’m planning on doing some solo adventures in the not so distant future and while I believe I have the being sufficient aspects of mountain biking out on the trail figured out, I assessed that I needed to shore up my solo base-camping and exploring with my truck self sufficiency a bit. I always carry a set … Continue reading “XP-10 Jump Starter Review”
I have a mountain of pictures to sort through from this past weekend of camping and riding near Hurricane Utah. Here are a few I’m working on. Friday we drove from Socal to Gooseberry Mesa where we setup camp and got in an near sunset ride out on the North Rim Trail. Saturday we did … Continue reading “Killer Weekend in Hurricane Utah”
Arizona is calling. The wanderlust itch has been growing for quite a while now so it is time to scratch it. Some friends and I are heading out to Flagstaff tomorrow for the start of a week of playing around on the dirt. We are going to hit some of the classics on Mt Elden … Continue reading “AZ is Calling”
Fresh back from working in the Puget Sound area it was time to hit up some of the local stuff. I got up at O-Damn Early to hit up a new bit of trail and the Black Mountain Truck Trail near Ramona. Ramona this time of year can get really toasty and Pamo Valley can really … Continue reading “Black Mountain – Coast to Crest”
My final outing on the mountain bike for this trip to Japan was to head back out to the Takatori area east of Zushi. I passed through here on my lasting outing but it was mostly a transit through it. This time I wanted to futz around a bit. I did some street riding from … Continue reading “Last Call at Takatori”
Day Two had out at one of my all time favorites in the area, Little Creek Mesa. Sean had ridden one of the loops out here, but had not been out to the point so I was more than happen to do some showing around. We started out in the main loop and worked out … Continue reading “Utah Weekend – Little Creek Mesa”
Day two of the quick Utah weekender started off by waking up on Little Creek Mesa. Both Bill and I are Scotch and Bourbon fans so we both brought some offering from our collections to share around the campfire. I was clearly too enthusiastic with the barrel aged goodness that night and I found myself having … Continue reading “Little Creek Mesa – Utah Day 2”
Last weekend, Bill O’Neil and I got in a quick weekender in St George, Utah. This is not our first rodeo for a roadtrip so most of the planning came down to the “You bring the usual, I’ll bring the usual. Meet at the usual spot. What time?” So with all that intricate planning done we … Continue reading “Quick Weekender – Guacamole”
Our last day of the Utah weekend found us rolling out of the hotel at a pretty descent time and headed out to Little Creek Mesa with a pit-stop at River Rock Roasters for some caffeine and sandwiches for a mesa-top lunch. I have ridden Little Creek several times before and this place is just great. It has pretty much everything I want … Continue reading “Utah Weekend – Little Creek Mesa”
We woke up on day 2 of our Utah weekend to find that it had rained most of the night. After consulting with the folks at Over The Edge in Hurricane, we changes our ride plans for the day to kept from mucking up the trails. We went out to the Quail Overlook Trail System which is … Continue reading “Utah Weekend – Boy Scouts & Zen”
