As we ride the narrow trail I'm reminded that I need to keep my eyes on the trail and not the incredible vistas all around me. So I decide to stop, so I don...

What do you think of when you hear Cottonwood Arizona? Probably not great mountain biking. It wasn’t really on my radar as a place to visit our mountain bike...

Yesterday we found ourselves on the edge of the wild side along the Apache Trail that runs through the heart of the Superstition Mountains between Phoenix an...

If I told you where the hot springs are I'd have to kill you said a local, jokingly, who had no idea that his inside tip would go global. His favorite secre...

Mount Lemmon tops out at an elevation of 9,159 feet. It is a Sky Island that sits above Tucson Arizona and is a recreation retreat from the hot temperatures ...

Another couple of surprises in Texas. The first was finding the second highest hill in Southern Texas north of Austin. The other was discovering Dinosaur V...

“Help!” “Cholla!” “Bring Pliers!” I texted David while holding Taz’s paw that had a large Cholla baby sticking to the back of his front right foot. I say Cho...

In the summer of 1990, I visited the mountains surrounding Lake Elsinore and they were on fire. I worked on a forest service Hot Shot fire crew that travele...

Flowers everywhere! The desert in Anza-Borrego State Park is in full superbloom with all different species of wildflowers. The air is thick with floral scent...

Welcome to Mississippi! Just as we crossed the border we got a cell phone alert for flash floods. I stopped at a mini-mart. I said to the young girl at the c...

Diving the Blue Grotto The color is surreal. A blue fire opens up above me like a precious blue opal stone. From this vantage the blueness looks like it goes...

We were driving down highway 22 in northern Alabama when we saw a sign that said "Natural Bridge Next Exit". We quickly veered off the exit and decided to ta...

What do you think of when you picture Alabama? Probably not tons of mt. bike trails with lots of fun features like technical rock gardens, rocky descents, c...

I've always thought of Georgia as home to the smooth southern drawl, plantation mansions, and a slower pace of life. What I found besides the beautiful hist...

Monument Lake Campground Big Cypress National Preserve Imagine pulling up to a campground around a small beautiful lake. Campsites next to the glassy water's...

I know you are probably thinking that Shark Valley has sharks. I wondered that myself, so I "googled it". The explanation I found was that the Shark Valley...

Off the beaten path is the Bird Rookery Swamp just northeast of Naples Florida. The cypress-maple swamp sits adjacent to a more, well known neighbor to the n...

View from one of the picnic beaches along Biscayne Bay We discovered an amazing park thirty minutes from downtown Miami. This beautiful park lies between Bis...

We rode up to the gate to Markham Mountain Bike Park in Davie Florida near Fort Lauderdale. We were ready to try out some new trails and get our dogs out fo...

David just uploaded video from his GoPro that shows terrain and landscape on the mountail bike trails are in Alafia River. It also shows the swamp on both s...