Hiking – Live Like Pete

Sprinter Van Adventures In Williams, AZ

Pete — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 03:00:58 +0000

With summer soon coming to a close, it’s easy to get excited about cooler temperatures. However, when you live in Vegas that doesn’t happen until late October or early November. It’s now the middle of September and we still had an excessive heat warning issued! Although it’s probably the last one of the summer, Anna and I had no intentions of being part of it. It was time to do what we usually do...

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Camping in Williams, Arizona and Exploring the Lava River Caves

Pete — Sat, 22 May 2021 18:07:35 +0000

Time for an adventure! Work always gets in the way of fun, therefore we have been in much need of a weekend getaway. Luckily just a few hours from Vegas there are perfect places like Williams, AZ to camp and explore. The elevation is surprisingly high at almost 7000 feet. It makes for some nice weather when the temperatures start rising in our desert. So we joined some friends for a weekend of...

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Havasu Adventures: Exploring Desert Bars and a Slot Canyon

Pete — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:30:46 +0000

As most of the country is getting dumped on with snow, Anna and I decided it was time to go explore one of our favorite (and much warmer) parts of the southwest, Lake Havasu. Most of the times we’ve visited here it has been in the scorching heat of the summer and we’re either soaking in the lake or enjoying a beer in an air-conditioned bar. This time we wanted to explore a different side of Havasu.

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Hurricane Mesa/ Zion Mountain Biking and Hiking Advanture

Pete — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:33:46 +0000

At the end of May, we were prepared to hit Snow Summit bike park in Big Bear for their season opener over Memorial weekend. Mother Nature had different plans though. Instead of warm and sunny weather on the mountain, there was snow on the trails and the top of the mountain was in the 40’s during the day. We don’t mess around with cold, crappy weather so we decided to head to Utah instead where the...

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Hiking Arches National Park in June

Pete — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:41:44 +0000

Arches National Park is generally a place you would want to visit during the cooler months. It can get very warm during the day if you want to hike to some of the arches and points of interest. Much of the park you can see by simply driving through, but if you want to get up close to the arches, you have to hike (walk) to them. Since our trip was in late June, the daytime temperatures got close to...

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Overnight Adventure to Toquerville Falls

Pete — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 05:18:58 +0000

Adventures should rarely ever be planned out. After all, that’s what makes them adventures. Since I needed to get my 500 EXC-F remapped at the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Dealership Outlet in Washington, UT, I felt I might as well make a trip out of it and take advantage of some Utah dirt. It was a very last minute trip. Since Carter Powersports failed at remapping my bike on Thursday...

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Visiting Zion in the Winter

Pete — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:53:25 +0000

Zion National Park is one of Utah’s most popular places for nature lovers to visit during the spring and summertime. Not too many people think to visit the park in the winter, however our recent trip has proven to show how magical it can be when sprinkled with some snow. During a quick day trip to Utah to pick up my new KTM 500, Anna and I decided to take the drive a little bit further into Zion.

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Pacific Northwest Adventure

Pete — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 06:02:12 +0000

The pacific northwest has been calling my name for quite some time now. I don’t know what it is, but I have had the itch to get out of the desert and go exploring along the foggy coast somewhere up north. So Anna and I set off to explore Washington, home to the Olympic National Forest with some of the most intriguing beaches and rain forests. We flew into Seattle where the views were already much...

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Making the Most of a Boring Trail

Pete — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:03:56 +0000

Anna and I set off for the mountains on Sunday to do a quick hike and to get out of town. We tried researching online for fun hikes in the area of Mt Charleston, but that never seems to work out well. Some of our favorite adventures are when we just wing it. We ended up at Trail Canyon trailhead. Good enough. Let’s go! It started out semi-interesting. The trail was lined with large trees and...

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How To Create Your Own GPS Tracks Using Google Earth

Pete — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:30:43 +0000

Do you want to start doing longer adventure rides and explore new areas? How about hike a specific trail or mountain that is difficult to find? Maybe you want to go find a cabin in the middle of the desert that you spotted while playing around on Google Earth? GPS tracks will give you guidance that you need so you don’t get lost. I use a Garmin 62s for navigating on and off the trail.

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