{"id":2780,"date":"2021-08-23T06:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2021-08-23T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:09:20","slug":"roadtrip-part-1-flagstaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2780","title":{"rendered":"Roadtrip Part 1 – Flagstaff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So I am on three-week MTB vacation.\u00a0 These posts are quite a bit time late as I typically have the choice of riding, enjoying tasty beverages, chilling or posting stuff on the internet. Guess which one gets bottom billing?\u00a0\u00a0 Here is a quick recap of the events of the first part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 1 – The MTBBILL Mobile Command Module moves to Flagstaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 2 – Fort Valley Goodness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 was the transit to Flagstaff with the travel trailer.\u00a0 The first ride was on day 2 in the Fort Valley area.\u00a0\u00a0 I climbed up Chimney, Lower Moto, a bit of the AZT, connected up with Secret and then descended Schultz Creek.\u00a0\u00a0 Schultz Creek was ever bit as good as I remembered it <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 3 -The Flagstaff MTB Skills Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Day 3,\u00a0 I checked out the Flagstaff MTB skills park which was right next to where I camped at Fort Tuthill.\u00a0\u00a0 This is an impressive skills park with access to the regional network of trails.\u00a0\u00a0 After playing around at the park, I hit up Soldiers Trail and The Bridge trail to loop right back to camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 4 – A good chunk of the Walnut Creek segment of the Arizona Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I also did a side trip to check out Fisher Cave which is down in the valley shown in the previous picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 4 was Chicken Noodle Soup for the MTB Soul.\u00a0 The Walnut Creek Segment of Arizona Trail is simply amazing.\u00a0 I did about an 18 mile loop that included the AZT, the Flagstaff loop trail and other tasty singletrack.\u00a0\u00a0 Later that evening my lovely wife and dogs arrived to join in the vacation festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My lovely wife joined me for MTB vacation time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Day 5 I cut my wife some slack and we did a shuttle up to the top of Schultz pass.\u00a0 We then did the half of the loop I climbed in day 2 as a descent.\u00a0 Secret to AZT to Moto to Chimney and the the lower bit of Schultz Creek.\u00a0\u00a0 She was most appreciative of not throwing a beat down on her out of the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 6 The sunshine before the storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Day 6, I did a 24 mile dumbell looking route from camp that included Highland, Soldiers, Flagstaff Loop, Rogers. Gold Digger and Two-Spot. It was a glorious morning when I started.\u00a0\u00a0 Pretty much at the apex of my ride the thunderstorms rolled in.\u00a0\u00a0 I had 10 miles with a hill in the middle to get over.\u00a0 I arrived back at camp a waterlogged mess.\u00a0 It was kinda awesome in its own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 7 – MBB Mobile Command Module Underway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Day 7 was move day.\u00a0\u00a0 It sucked having to pack up all the stuff that got caught out in the storm.\u00a0 Everything has “its place” with our little house on wheels and stuff being wet meant stuff had to go in different places.\u00a0\u00a0 I managed to get rolling by 10AM enroute to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.\u00a0 Now I have been to Locust Point a handful of times but I had never traveled those 20 miles of dirt roads towing a trailer.\u00a0 A handful of miles down the main dirt road.\u00a0 I parked my truck and trailer and hopped in my wife’s Outback and we drove the rest of the way to access the remaining roads and potential spots.\u00a0\u00a0 After a successful scouting mission in the Outback (Dubbed the Lunar Lander), I was back in the truck with the Command Module in tow.\u00a0\u00a0 We got a primo spot with the Rainbow Rim trail about 30 feet out our door with the canyon a few feet beyond that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The End of Day 7 – Our Campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The adventure continues…<\/p>\n

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