My descent from Paradise brought me to San Simon, where I’d rejoin the Butterfield at perhaps one of the most exciting regions of the trail. For starters, it was home to one of the most renowned stations, San Simon as it signified entry into Arizona territory. The reason it was such a relief to reach […]
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Anza-Borrego: Font’s Point, Culp Valley, & Vallecito Springs – [Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach Route Expedition (Days 1 & 2)]
Driving, hiking, biking, running, and climbing my way across the storied American Southwest was an incredible journey full of challenges, unexpected turns, and extremely refreshing solitude.
The Final Days in Joshua Tree; Butterfield Stage Route Expedition, West to East (D-3)
After some needed traveling to Dallas and a nice California beachtown called Carpinteria, I came back to my home in Joshua Tree to put nearly all of my household goods on a moving truck and bid it farewell for the next few months. As my belongings clattered their way towards storage limbo, hammered into nondescript […]