Day 33 – 27 miles biking / 1500+ ft elevation gain Camping at the same spot 3 nights in a row was glamorous, but it was time to move on. From Missouri Gulch Trailhead, we had a 27 mile ride ahead of us to… Continue Reading “Summer of Summits: La Plata Peak”
This summer we’re attempting to summit as many 14,000+ ft mountains in CO as possible, and we’re reaching the trailheads by bike! Join us on our Summer of Summits. Day 21 – 39 miles biking / +1700 ft elevation gain After Mount Sherman, we… Continue Reading “Summer of Summits: Mt Harvard, Mt Columbia, & Mt Yale”
This summer we’re attempting to summit as many 14,000+ ft mountains in CO as possible, and we’re reaching the trailheads by bike! Join us on our Summer of Summits. Day 20 – 18 miles biking / +2000 ft elevation gain; 4 miles hiking /… Continue Reading “Summer of Summits: Mount Sherman”
This summer we’re attempting to summit as many 14,000+ ft mountains in CO as possible, and we’re reaching the trailheads by bike! Join us on our Summer of Summits. Day 13 – 0 Miles by Bike / 0 Miles Hiking Yep, we took our… Continue Reading “Summer of Summits: Mount of the Holy Cross”
This summer we’re attempting to summit as many 14,000+ ft mountains in CO as possible, and we’re reaching the trailheads by bike! Join us on our Summer of Summits. Day 7 – 24 Miles by bike / +4300 ft elevation gain We left Idaho… Continue Reading “Summer of Summits: Mount Evans to Mount Bierstadt”
We are having a blast hiking the incredibly beautiful Arizona Trail! We’ve been from the desert floor to alpine mountain tops and back again and have completed about 570 miles of nearly 800 miles in 23 days. Here’s our week 3 breakdown… Day 14.… Continue Reading “Thruhiking the Arizona Trail – Superior to Flagstaff”
Well, I usually try to break these posts up into smaller pieces, but I haven’t had signal or wifi or time, so I’m gonna do my best to keep this 300 mile post brief. Holy cow, WOWZA, the Arizona Trail is a banger. Nonstop… Continue Reading “Thruhiking the Arizona Trail: Mexico to Superior”
We wrapped up three busy yet fun weeks of work in catering at Coachella Music Festival April 22 (yes, I saw Beyonce’s show with 150 musicians and backup dancers 😮). We had a big day of traveling on the 24th driving from Indio to… Continue Reading “85 Miles through the Chihuahuan Desert – A Warm Welcome to the CDT”
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL 2 For our PCT thru-hike, we decided to go with the very popular Big Agnes (BA) Copper Spur UL2, and we were oh so happy with this decision. We both loved this tent and would highly recommend. (Don’t worry,… Continue Reading “Gear Review: Big Agnes Copper Spur UL 2”
Enlightened Equipment – Enigma For the Pacific Crest Trail, Sean and I used Enlighten Equipment (EE) quilts. We both are absolutely in love with this piece of gear. No need for me to try out other brands, I 100% highly recommend Enlightened Equipment. (And… Continue Reading “Gear Review: Enlightened Equipment Enigma Down Sleeping Quilt”