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Tag: trail running

  • Gilbert Ray

    While the experience at Gilbert Ray Campground has changed over the years, the beauty of the Tucson County Mountain Park hasn’t.

  • The Trails of Kerrville

    Trail running, mountain biking, and camping in the Texas hill country.

  • Outside in St. Augustine

    Check out Mitch’s fantastic St. Augustine video. My role in it was very painful:   Usually we freeze in St. Augustine. Winter in north Florida can be cold, and it’s a damp cold – the worst kind. Those that live out West don’t understand. “Fifty degrees?” they say. “Fifty degrees is nice.” In Moab or…

  • Running The Bob Trail at Trap Pond State Park

    My favorite running trail in our area is the 4.5 mile Bob Trail at Trap Pond State Park. Why is it so great?

  • Fresh Pond State Park – Prickly Pear Trail

    The Prickly Pear Trail at the Fresh Pond State Park is one of Brandi’s favorite places to run. She loves the surface – a combination of packed dirt, grass, pine needles, and crushed gravel. She loves the distance – about 3.5 miles. But the biggest reason she loves it is the “Brandi-time” she gets about…

  • Phoenix Area Campgrounds Part 1 – McDowell Mountain Regional Park

    For years, when we traveled out west, we completely avoided the Phoenix area. Sprawl, traffic, crowds, pollution – not our idea of great camping opportunities. But then we heard from other RVers about a county park near Scottsdale called McDowell Mountain. Nearly impossible to get into but well worth the effort, everyone said. It is…

  • To La Paz for El Carnaval!

    For me, the term “El Carnaval” conjures up scenes of a huge street party – hips swaying to latin beats, beads flying, shirts lifting, drinks flowing. But I’ve never been to Rio or to Mardi Gras or any Fat Tuesday celebration. So, although Mitch and I usually avoid crowds like the Plague because Mitch believes…

  • Going out for Pizza

    The word around town was that we had to try the pizza in El Triunfo. We’d passed through El Truinfo on the way from La Paz to Los Barrilles and it looked like many of the other towns along the highway – a cute church, many hollowed-out buildings, a couple of topes (speed bumps). But…