After Bozeman, Jen and I headed North across the border, waited through a van search, drove through 50-foot visibility with random snowdrifts across the highway, and ended up in Canmore. The previous week it had
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Knowing that it was going to be far less comfortable than hanging out in the desert, Jen and I decided to head north and get in some ice climbing while the season was in full
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To be honest, we really didn’t want to leave Joshua Tree when we did. The weather was perfect, and we felt like we were finally getting a handle on the place. But, we also wanted
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After our loop through Arizona, Jen and I crossed back into southern California for the second time in nine months and found ourselves back in Joshua tree, camped just a few sites from where we
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Much like Mt Lemmon, I had never heard of Queen Creek, and it was not on any travel plan. But, a friend told us to check it out as we went past Phoenix, so we
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Mt Lemmon was not on the list of places to visit. I had never even heard of it. It’s so off the grid that we had to buy the guide book at a used book
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Continuing our Museum rest day, Jen and I decided to check out the Pima Air and Space Museum. We arrived 2 1/2 hours before closing, and it was not nearly enough time. We walked through
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If you ever want to feel like “How are we all still here?” then go tour the Titan Missile Museum. Just South of Tucson, this silo held a nuclear warhead until the START treaty. Now
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We went to Cochise Stronhold on the recommendation of several friends. It reminded me of a giant version of City of Rocks. Both the approaches and the climbs were bigger, and the very few bolts
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Sedona is one of those places that I really want to like, but it has one major flaw. The trails here are simply amazing. It’s some of the most fun riding I’ve done anywhere. Not
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