The beginning of fall marked the end of jet boat season. Upon our return to Colorado in September we knew we would be leaving our boat in storage mid October and heading into desert season without a 20 foot long trailer, back to a shorter footprint, just us, the rig and the bikes. So we convinced our jet boat friends […]
Fallorado
Camping Colorado Dirt Bike Fall Hike National ParksColorado is our home state, and it is one of the BEST places to see fall colors. Even though we both grew up in Colorado, and we’ve each seen 20+ Colorado falls already in our lives, this year we got extreme FOMO by having been away from Colorado the past three years during its prime fall season. In our […]
Oregon: Bend & Mt. Hood
Camping Full Time RV Hike JetboatBend, Oregon: Well we picked a fantastic time to head to Bend, Oregon, right in the middle of the July PNW heat wave. Record temps of up to 115 were forecasted in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. Bend was only supposed to get to 108. As we left California, we drove all the way to Klamath Falls because we needed […]
Eastern Sierras: Mammoth Lakes, Tahoe Basin, and Lassen National Park
California Camping Hike National Parks SummerSince northern California is an area where neither of us have spent time, and we ultimately wanted to start making our way north for the summer, we decided to spend a few weeks exploring northern California on our way to Oregon/Washington/Idaho. As always with our lifestyle, our timeline also gets dictated by work, so although we explored Mammoth, Tahoe, Sierra […]
Bringing Back the Friendship Cruise
Camping Hike Jetboat Summer UtahOverloaded mini-jetboats, 170 miles of remote riverways, a portable Traeger and a crew willing to stop at nothing- this Memorial Weekend we set out to resurrect “The Friendship Cruise”, a river trip that used to be ran through Canyonlands National Park starting in 1958. We ran 122 miles downriver from Green River State Park to the Confluence with the […]
5 Day Roadtrip through Kanab, UT and Page, AZ
Camping Dirt Bike Hike National Parks UtahEven after all the times we’ve been to southern Utah and even driven through Kanab, I didn’t know Kanab had so much to offer in terms of hiking and canyoneering. I started seeing a lot of people post about Kanab and it piqued my interest in planning a trip there. There’s some real hidden gems near Kanab that are definitely making […]
St. George and Central Utah Hiking and Dirt Biking
Dirt Bike Hike UtahWe’ve mostly been in Utah since returning from Hawaii with a couple days dipped into Colorado and Arizona. First we drove to St George to meet up with a couple friends during their spring break and did the following activities: Elephant Arch in Red Cliffs Conservation Area: A short 4 mile hike mostly through a flat, sandy wash. It ends […]