There is beauty in the gnarled trunk of a Utah Juniper October 16-20, 2025 I was just getting back from the Great Basin’s Edge and I had this idea for a Sheldon Lap. I was inspired by the trip I took in May with Wildwood Open Lands Foundation. I created the route by starting with …
Getting around the Eureka Dunes to Dedeckera Canyon. February 11-21, 2026 Nothing like a sandstorm to knock out the zippers on your tent. This was Doug’s dilemma going into the Mega Death Tour, a 400+ mile loop of Death Valley starting at Eureka Dunes. We had set aside 2 weeks for this trip in the …
Nearing the top of a 3000' climb in the Bodie Mountains, this is the Great Basin's Edge Doug A October 6-12, 2025 Sometimes you have a grand route in front of you and you just decide to chop it into a shorter grand route. And that is how this trip went. "Good bye, Wyatt!" And …
Overlanding past "the Antler House" above Jackass Flats into the Calico Mountains Photo Erik C. May 13-18, 2025 Wildwood Open Lands Foundation wanted to have its annual "members only" trip have something more than “on the fly” stewardship. In situ stewardship is a great opportunity to put best principles of Leave No Trace and Tread …
7-Eleven from our first night's hotel. Dinner, bank, snacks, hydration, and shelter from the elements. This March 14-30, 2025, plus some travel days Reno-San Francisco-Taipei (Taoyen) and back again, I was in Taiwan for the Taipei Cycle Show. Like last year, I was visiting as a tourist but with the goal of helping Tomo Ichikawa …
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 …
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