An experiment in story telling. It is that gifting time of year. A favorite gift in recent memory is a pack of field notebooks and a small Space Pen. This gift was given with the idea that I could jot down notes on my trips to write better stories later. I am not a pen …
Continue reading Dark Sky’s Route – Daily Notes from the Saddle
It's great when you get a text message at home and it leads you to here! Getting back from Dark Sky’s Route there is always the question, what’s next? Doug solved that question with a text, “I’m cooking up something if you might be interested, 18-24. Bikerafting. Lake Mead.” Then I got the route, and …
Continue reading A Short-ish Bikerafting Tour – Basins and Washes
Our second night, camped in the pinyons Is it Dark Sky’s or Dark Skies? At the start of the trip we still didn't have a name for the route. Doug liked Dark Sky's( or Skies?). I chose Dark Sky’s because I wanted it to say the route belongs to the Dark Sky. One may assume …
I take this photo every time I enter High Rock Canyon, the guardians Oct 5-6, 2024 October 2020 was the start of Rides with Friends. The idea that we would have a trip every October was born. I figured it had to represent the “Best Of”, or as I termed it the “Crown Jewel”. So …
Continue reading Rides with Friends #3 Fly Canyon Potholes and High Rock Canyon
The walk-in campsite was a good experiment Aug 26-30, 2024 I was invited back to the Earth Guardians Camp to lead 5 bike tours out to the perimeter fence and give a talk during their lecture series. My working title for the talk, “Setting up bike tours for the environment.” The talk was a blueprint …
Continue reading Bikepacking Northern Nevada Goes to Burning Man Again
March 9-18, 2024 Following the trade show, check out Made in Taiwan - Part 1, Tomo and Cola continued my indoctrination to Taiwan. I consider myself to be extremely fortunate to have them as my guides. When Tomo asked me what I wanted to experience in Taiwan, I gave him the quick and flippant answer, …
Continue reading Made in Taiwan; Part 2 Traveling Central Taiwan and South
I am trying something new here - posting on upcoming events I am hosting. According to Facebook I have hosted 37 rides and 1 social as Kurstin Graham and 10 rides and 2 socials as Bikepacking Northern Nevada. The internet never forgets! While Facebook Events (Facebook Event here) provides an easy template to create a …
Continue reading Event: Rides with Friends Crown Jewel – Fly and High Rock Canyons
Just to clarify, my last blog post about the Black Rock Rendezvous was labeled Rides with Friends #2, but it was the first of this year's series. The Perseids Meteor Shower Campout was Rides with Friends #2. I am probably the most confused by this matter, ha! Riding into camp with Kelly N, the Calicos …
Continue reading Perseids Meteor Shower Campout: Rides with Friends #2
Nick LePalm gives his presentation at the Black Rock Rendezvous, all a part of Connect, Inspire, Protect 5/23-27/2024 I will stick by my assessment that BRR is the best event on the playa. It brings together the diversity of multiple user groups to show the many uses of the Black Rock Desert. The main host …
Continue reading Bikepacking into Black Rock Rendezvous; Rides with Friends #2
"Be the most generous as a host and the most resolute as a fighter." Bedouin proverb Sunrise over Lava Beds Camp / Eagle Rock Springs photo Jeff R “I have seen more horny toad lizards on this ride than in my entire life”, remarked Miles Gurtler. I’d agree. We saw a great diversity and abundance …