Category Archives: United States

Mojave Desert bicycle tour: Death Valley backcountry

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Bryan Keith

continued from part one where we ended in unusually soggy Baker, California. Death Valley National ParkHeading north of Baker the saddle that separates the Silurian Valley from Death Valley is only about a 50′ climb. From there I left the … Continue reading →

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Mojave Desert bicycle tour: Palm Springs to Baker

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Bryan Keith

Just like the Colorado Plateau bicycle tour that I posted on this blog a couple months ago, I rode this route over a decade ago, specifically Nov-Dec 2007, when I was living in Boulder. I had previously published the text … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring the Colorado Plateau, part four: the Abajos, Needles, and Lockhart Basin

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Bryan Keith

Continuing (north) from my hiking adventures in Cedar Mesa, this is the last installment about my month-long bicycle tour from the Chama River to Moab in Apr-May 2009: Farther north I hiked in Hammond Canyon from a trailhead in the … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring the Colorado Plateau, part three: Cedar Mesa

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Bryan Keith

Continuing my route out of the wilds of the Carrizo Mountains, I reached pavement again at Beclabito, New Mexico. This post has little text and is, I suppose, more about hiking in Cedar Mesa than bicycle touring. Here goes: It … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring the Colorado Plateau, part two: The Navajo Nation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Bryan Keith

… continued from part one. If the first photo in this post looks familiar, maybe it’s ’cause you’ve read Gwen Maka’s bicycle touring book, Riding with Ghosts. Ok, here’s the original text (from April 2009): From Chaco Canyon I took … Continue reading →

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