National Forest Vegetarian Travel Tips

Why The Gourmet Foraging Trend Is Good For Your Health

At its heart, foraging is the basic act of sourcing and harvesting wild food and gathering resources from the land. You can do it anywhere, which makes it an ideal thing to try on your travels. Gourmet foraging takes that idea one step further to create unique dishes, rich in taste and flavor, using locally foraged ingredients.…

July 10, 2018

California dualsport National Forest Nerds off Road

Italian Bar Road Ride, Central California

Having sort of learned to hate sand in Page, we just weren’t very excited about it, nor the 90 degree heat, when we were outside Joshua Tree. It’s ok though, we made up for it when we reached Angel’s Landing, and found that not only was the weather much cooler but the sun was going down after…

June 14, 2016

Colorado dualsport National Forest

Lemon Reservoir and Forest Service Road 597

On one of our previous rides in the area we ran into a woman walking her dogs who rode a dirt bike and recommended the forest service roads nearby Lemon Reservoir, about 7 miles down the highway from us near Vallecito, Colorado. We had an excellent ride in great weather, probably some of the last good weather for…

October 21, 2015

Colorado dualsport National Forest

Nerds Off Road: Sortais Road, Durango Hills

We’ve been exploring the area a little more and since it’s planning to rain on us all weekend, perhaps one of our last weekends to ride, we took off after work to the forest service road right next to the house. It’s gated but a local woman says she rides up there all the time, so we…

October 16, 2015

Colorado dualsport National Forest

San Juan National Forest Ride, Mancos, Colorado

Outside Durango, where we’ll be spending our autumn and winter (as we did 2 years before), there is an enormous National Forest that spreads over a massive area and contains a vast array of elevations and terrain, San Juan National Forest. It’s perfect for exploring, riding, skiing, hiking, wildlife viewing, you name it, and we always have a good time…

October 1, 2015

dualsport Group Rides National Forest New Mexico

Nerds Off Road: Group Ride in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico

Our dramatic 3 day escape from tornado valley brought us here, to New Mexico, and the best day of riding yet. We’ve had an account on instagram for years, but recently started posting about our rides and bikes in the last 6 months or so. Somehow, through a tag or otherwise, we found a rider out of El Paso, Texas –…

May 8, 2015

Hiking National Forest National Park

Hiking Bryce Canyon’s Navajo Loop and Queen’s Garden Trail

Kanab is such a great, central little town if you want to visit the north rim of the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, not to mention Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kodachrome State Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and numerous other sites of monumental beauty. Bryce Canyon is about 70 miles…

August 29, 2013

National Forest National Park RV life travel gear

Utah Camping, Navajo Lake in Dixie National Forest

We camped near Phoenix for a night before we went to the UK but otherwise we hadn’t been camping in a long while. Between my broken leg last summer and winter weather in Flagstaff, there wasn’t much opportunity but staying in Utah this month, we have no more excuses and have been looking forward to using our…

June 25, 2013