A few great fall desert trips while celebrating the birthdays of two amazing people! Declan turned 5 years old in Moab and celebrated with a full on desert scavenger hunt for presents! We took the boys to the Grand Canyon for their first time on the way to Sedona to celebrate Kristin’s B-Day! We then wrapped up the trip with a stop in Durango to hang with friends and ride one of the San Juan classics!

Birthday Present Scavenger Hunt

Unwrapping

Magnetic Block Car with Motor - From Gma & Gpa McQuade

Brand New Moab Flow - Eagle Eye Trail

Kristin way down there on Hiline Trail - Sedona

The Ladies with the Finish - Molas Pass to Engineer Mtn Trail - One of the Best - Jamie and Kristin

End of the Year Ridelog - 2020

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Pike's Peak "1/2 Plummet" - Elk Park Version on Trailforks.com

Molas to Engineer via White Creek on Trailforks.com

Our fourth annual summer road trip! This year we were stoked to return to the PNW to check out some of the mountain bike hotspots we missed during our pervious trips; places like: Raging RIver, Cle Elum, Darrington, Oakridge, and Alsea Falls.

Several became instant classics in our books! Raging River and Darrington are unreal and will only get better as trails are being developed as we speak. Darrington defines loam! Put them both on your list for sure! Then Oakridge! oh man lived up to its reputation! The whole package for sure, several zones with many route options, some awesome swimming holes for your apres ride soak! The boys had several days in swimming holes, some included perfect spots for cliff jumping!

Non biking highlights included exploring the sea stacks, beaches and coves down the Washington and Oregon coasts. Becoming tradition now is visiting our good friends Dane and Kat and their beautiful Island Farm-Stay: Plum Nelli. So grateful to them for our mid-trip refresh. Oh then all the oysters, ciders and backyard campfire conversations, so good!

Kristin and I by the end of the trip biked close to 450 miles of world class singletrack, totaling over 120,000’ of vertical descent for the trip! It seemed like every ride we did was the best ever. Then ending the trip with Alsea Falls, legitimately one of the best flow systems I have ever been on. So good we decided to stay an extra day and ride it some more!!!

The boys were rock stars on this trip! Its fun watching their interests change each year on these trips. Each year they are willing to go that much further, opening up some many adventure options….Still working on the MTB with them…..one of these days family MTB rides!!

Running from approaching high tide - Rialto Beach - WA

Cliff Jumping - Willamette River, Westfir, OR

Cape Kiwanda Blow Holes - Pacific City, OR

Barn Yet’s - Plum Nelli, Marrowstone Island, WA

Abandoned McBee Park made for awesome camping!!

Dinner served - Pacific Crest Trail, Snoqualmie Pass, WA

Critter Hunting - Kinney Point, Marrowstone Island, WA

Alpacas love to play with water - Declan, Liam and Dane

Banana Slug Wrangler - Tiger Mountain, WA

The Days Catch - Oysters w/ Dane and Kat @ Plum Nelli

Late night view from vanski camp - Darrington, WA

Loam Heaven - Hoot Owl Trail, Darrington, WA

This one going on the wall - Rialto Beach, WA

Cheering Section - Skyline trail, Darrington, WA

Water Gun - Whatcom Falls, Bellingham, WA

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Fall Desert Trips - UT & AZ

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One of the Best - Road Trip 2020

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