Had a chance to ride mountain bike trails in Salida last week. It was the perfect place to stretch the legs on the way to Denver from Santa Fe. After a very short detour off Highway 285 unloaded the bikes and gear in an epicenter of fat tire fun.
I remember the first time I enjoyed street food. I was in a little town on the mainland of Mexico and I was traveling with my family. The memory is very surprising because the importance of food hygiene, something very integral to my parent’s eating habits, had escaped them at the time.
We’ve been trying to save a few pennies here and there, so we’ve been making our own ‘go juice’ lately. Among the many methods we have to choose from, the mini-espresso maker seems to suit us. Using our favorite little MSR Pocket Rocket we can brew up anywhere; hotel rooms, a host’s kitchen, even our campsite.
The idea was hatched a couple of years ago and it was pretty exciting to get the first trip under our belts. Our ultimate goal is to give each kid a taste of independent travel and see how other parts of the world live. It’s not necessarily about dirt-bagging it, it’s just about peeling back the covers a little more than the average vacation.
It’s time to pay it forward. After four years of non-stop travel we thought we’d put together some resources for other folks who might be planning some sort of adventure. Back in 2007, when we were preparing for our bicycle trip around the world, we did some research. In fact, you could say that we became a little obsessed with it. We read about other people’s trips, their routes, and the gear that kept them moving in the right direction.
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