Biking the TexRail Trail

Today we take off with Tom & Nan for a bike ride along the TexRail Trail. We do a respectable 20 mile ride and finish with drinks and appy's at a local pub.

 Hang'n in the Hood

We meet up with my new best friends and neighbors, Don & Jaqueta. We have happy hour in the driveway and discuss the last trip and share our plans to head to the Pacific Northwest this summer to do some sailing in the San Juan Islands. But right now, it is wine down time with my new best friends.

 Home Sweet Home

It was a great trip, but Covid pandemic is going crazy, so glad to be home. We covered quite a few miles and several of my favorite places. Yoli was a trooper and we are already planning our next trip. Time to strip down the RV, blow out the dust, and reload for the next great adventure. But first, I think we have some home projects to do. I think I have moved in to stay.

 Amarillo by Morning

It is almost over now as we cross the Texas border and stop for the night in Amarillo. Yoli was a real adventurer this trip being new to RVing, Boondocking, and learning the journey is the destination. She got to drive the RV, Hike Sedona, Canyoneering in Zion, and Dry camp in the desert with my friends. It was truly a great trip. But today, we visit Cadillac Ranch for a bit of nostalgia.

Getting our Zen in Sedona 

On our journey back home, we stop in another favorite place of mine, Sedona Arizona. By now, everything is shut down, no stores are open, only the essentials and the few people we run into on trails, some are wearing masks. Yes, in the middle of the desert, very few around, and they are wearing masks and stepping off the trail to let us pass. The pandemic is in full swing now but we are practicing social distancing by getting in our Zen Zone in the desert. We are boondocking on CR425 just south of Sedona, only a few others around, we have a full moon and clear sky and it was just enchanting with my Yoli.

 My Lucky Horseshoe

As things begin to shut down, we make the turn and start heading back home. We stop in Page Arizona at Horseshoe Bend and again, no one is there. No buses, No tours, no crowds, just us and surprisingly the national park gate attendant to collect our $10 entrance fee. We park and walk the half mile trail to the ledge and no one is home, we have the whole place to ourselves. It was kinda freaky like armageddon had ended and no one but us were left, Adam and Eve of the new era.

 Angels have Landed

After our epic hike up the Narrows, today we climb Angels Landing, my favorite hike. We can't go the last 100 yards up the chains due to Covid (no one to clean the chains I imagine). So we settled for what we got which was pretty cool hanging our legs off the 400' cliff with my new found adventure partner Yoli Canoli now with Canyoneering under her belt.

 Fools in the Narrows

We continue north during the pandemic hoping to get to my favorite place before Covid shuts it down, Zion National Park. It is April Fools day, and the park is still open so we take advantage of the lack of people in the park and we head to the Narrows to hike in the stream up the canyon. We rent full dry suits and booties for the trek. We grab our poles and drive to end of the park since the shuttles were not running due to Covid. Very few people in the narrows today. Normally 100's are suiting up for the 1-20 mile stroll up and back through the canyon creek. We hiked only about 4 miles, but it was slow going due to the muddy water from rain run off days before. It was moderately deep but not higher than our waist at points. It was a lot of fun. Check out the video under our trips of 2020.