It’s Saturday morning Sep. 26th, 2015 and we are in Flagstaff AZ. I just dropped Tina off in the woods and will go pick her up in the desert later today – she needed some time alone.
Actually, she is running the Flagstaff 100 Stagecoach run and Relay. She’s running 55 kilometers (34 miles) along the Arizona Trail, the old Mexico to Utah stage coach line. The 100 mile portion of the race runs from Flagstaff all the way to the Grand Canyon. Fortunately it doesn’t get as hot in Flagstaff as other parts of AZ, but it will still be hot today.
We are winding down our trip and should be back home some time next week. We’re still rambling a little, though.
Now, Back to Yellowstone…
A couple of other small, Yellowstone adventures were bike rides to nifty places. First was a 5 mile round trip to the Lone Star Geyser! That’s right pardner… however, it wasn’t named after Texas.
I strapped my GoPro onto my chest with my new chest mount and recorded the whole ride…. yep, pretty boring. But here’s a short clip of the beginning of the ride.
Start of bike ride
Turns out we got to the Lone Star Geyser about an hour before blowing it’s cool. Fortunately we brought some lunch. We hiked around a bit and found those backcountry campsites. We investigated those as research for our upcoming backcountry hike. We also caught a cute little snake. Tina’s getting to be quite the snake charmer!
As we got back from our hike the geyser had just started. It went on and on. I’ve got at least 20 minutes of geyser video. Here’s a short clip.
We also took about a 3 mile round trip bike ride to a natural bridge formation the next day. This ride was a little more difficult for me because I discovered I had a flat front tire once we arrived at the trailhead! bummer! I rode it anyway, but maneuverability is greatly degraded with a flat front tire!
We rode our bikes to the trailhead and then hiked up the short, steep trail to the bridge. Again, we brought our lunch and had a nice little picnic.
The trailhead starts down below the bridge almost dead center of the hole in this picture. You are no longer allowed to walk across the bridge, I think because it is weakening.
Tina is getting a little more daring in her old age. I had to tell her not to jump. It wasn’t worth it. We could quit the RV lifestyle and go home (fingers crossed behind back).
Enjoyed these posts Eric! My family was loving your wit…. Strap in and be safe 🙂
Thanks, Anonymous. Hope you got to go to travel the world with your daughter… sounds like a fun trip!
I visited that bridge when we were there. The trailhead was near Yellowstone Lake right? I didn’t climb that short steep trail due to bad knees so I’m glad to see some pics from that angle. Thanks for the pics. I’m sorry you have to return home as I’ve been enjoying your blog.
Thanks Phil. Yep, it was sort of right across the road from the lake. Prepare yourself for today’s post… It’s a doosey!