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  • Hidden Lakes Adventure Day 3

    I got up and a storm chased me in. Then I got up and made a quick coffee … then a storm chased me in. Then I made Mo a coffee … and a storm chased me in. This went on for the majority of the morning. But by noon the skies had cleared. And…

  • Hidden Lakes Adventure Day 2

    We woke up to a half coffee due to our lack of water. Camping on a ridge has it’s drawbacks. As we packed up hikers started to walk by. And then I remembered the parking lot. It was full of cars. Could this really be a big destination? With the roughest road to a trail…

  • Hidden Lakes Adventure Day 1

    Left work but realized I forgot my butter. No worries right? Just stop by Big Sky. Holy Shit! Unbelievable! The place has exploded. There’s like a Main Street and even in Ace Hardware. Movie theaters and the lot. I would say almost 50 to 100 new places. Has it been that long? So that is why we got to…

  • Changes

    Remember Sheryl Crow’s song “A Change Will Do You Good”? How about “Time to Change” which I remember from the Brady Bunch show.  Yes, I AM that old. My partner will always lean to her man Micheal Jackson who sang “Man in the Mirror” … something like if you want change in the world you must first…

  • Ramshorn Adventure Day 3

    Removing oneself from the wilds of the Gallatin is hard. Hard because no one wants to leave. You carved a life for yourself out there. And you come to terms with the hardships or in my case FUN. And even though you lost your water filter and killed a baby bird by accident … well…

  • Ramshorn Adventure Day 2

    The good luck day. We woke up expecting to pack up all our gear and ride until we found water. This is what you get when camping up on a ridge and needing tons of water for last nights dinner and the new day’s coffee party. I wandered off into the trees and there was…

  • Ramshorn Adventure Day 1

    Again the 40 hour work week sucks in such a big way. We do the best we can to battle the propaganda-america-is-great bullshit in every way we can. One way is to make a simple weekend seem like a big holiday. Adventure right after work on a Friday and just not show up for work…

  • Mid Week Adventure

    Had some intervals to do anyway. Um, longevity intervals,  maintenance of cardiovascular fitness. And we are gone every weekend so we must get out. A shame to live by some great trails and not get to do them. It is so hard in the 40 hour work week to squeeze out a ride. But we…

  • Adventure Choices

    After dinner I was reminiscing about our recent backpack to Hilgard. Lots of people do it. Kind of boring right? The boring part being that everyone backpacks. I looked at our aspen grove and noticed that they are changing color. Holy shit I expressed to my partner. We better get out and do a bikepack…

  • We Ran Through It

    We just got back from a trip back from the homeland.  It was a new baby trip so while my partner held down the “baby time” front I snuck away for some trail revisits. All in all about 50 miles worth of smooth groomed butter soft trail. Really fun. We even got out to the…

  • Moose Creek Adventure

    We checked out the Swan Creek Campground but found it full but then I remembered a place I used to camp when I traveled around racing. When I came to Bozeman I found a place to sleep up Moose Creek. In fact many of my race partners experienced this free camping area. But Moose Creek…

  • Checkin the Tom Miner out

    Tom Miner Basin is just down the valley from us so we decided to take a look and see. Did a little biking but mostly ended up hiking, well, because trails are closed to bikes. we biked what we could. For the other stuff we turned to foot power. It’s your standard fare up there.…

  • Adventure vs Sick

    To ride somewhere new. Or hike … whatever. That is adventure. Not sitting home with vertigo. I mean you have a map so you know just about what to expect. Like being home sick. Lay there and try to watch movies. But adventure is better because even though you kind of know where you are…

  • Hillgard Basin Day 5

    The exodus. Day 5 was a business day. We clocked in and after the chores went to work packing up camp. The hike out a 12 mile 6 hour gruel fest. To top it off I had a mishap getting out of my hammock and tore a hip muscle. Thus … gruel fest. Left our remote lives…

  • Hillgard Basin Day 4

    The day before was a rest day. And now we go big. As we gained Echo Peak Ridge I was asked if we were going up to the top. I remarked that it was not my cup of tea. I am too nervous with exposure. Then what turned out to be a small walk over…

  • Hillgard Basin Day 3

    I got up early and hiked up to where we hung the food. Walking back to camp I was struck in the face by beauty. We must of picked the most beautiful spot on the planet to camp … right? I re hung the food and walked around our lake. Comet Lake tucked against Echo…

  • Hillgard Basin Day 2

    My mood was much much better on day two. Explains why working a full day, driving to a trailhead, then hiking to find a place to camp is such a bad idea. But then the weekends seem much more full and long … right?  The packs heavy yes, but the scenery hiking up the basin…

  • Hillgard Basin Day 1

    To start out there was work. And all the bullshit things that come with it. After that we headed for the trailhead. It was about 7 o’clock when we headed out on foot. We figured we could get an hour up the trail and pitch camp. A great head start, right? The trail wasn’t  very accommodating…