Cowhead Ranch… or, Welcome to Big Bend
From Marfa, we headed down Hwy 90 to Alpine. We stopped into the visitor center and poked around the older part of town while trying to figure out the question of lodging for the night….
“D” is for Displacement
Our host Michael in Alamogordo trained the first woman who qualified for RAAM, Kitty Goursolle, in 1983. He told us of some of the grueling training rides and psychological tactics he used to transform her…
On Food & Eating
After six months on the road and a variety of food experiences, I think it’s about time we let you all in on what we’re eating. It changes from day to day and week to…
Crossing Southern New Mexico
Over the past few weeks, we have been zipping across Southern New Mexico. There is a lot of vast nothingness – wide open land, small towns, high desert landscape – in between a few larger…
The Fire in the Sky
After a lovely homestay with some readers in Las Cruces (thanks Lisa for the checmical toe warmers!), we hoofed it over Saint Augustine Pass and headed towards White Sands National Monument. When we reached the…
Bisbeee, AZ to Deming, NM (and some road reports)
After several wonderful days of exploring Bisbee and all it’s hidden gems (while also taking shelter from the series of wind, rain and snow storms that blew through), we pushed off again. We were rested…
Suspending disbelief
If you’re lucky, you get to take a class from an amazing teacher while you’re in school. If you’re very lucky, you are forever changed by your interactions with such a teacher. I have had…
Desert Days
Writing from the Space Lodge in Gila Bend, AZ. We put in a few longish days for us, combined with stealth camping and decided to get a room for the night to take a shower,…
The Slabs
When you enter Slab City, you are greeted by a concrete military sentry box painted over with flying doves and what looks like a Christmas tree. Immediately two things are clear – nothing here is…
The Great Fear
The Great Fear starts in Prudhoe Bay Alaska, is what we are told. It is found in the Northern Territories of Canada, deep in the woods of Oregon, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California,…
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