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Photos of your bike on location
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ScottRNelson
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Silver City, Jordan Craters, Owyhee River
Beautiful clear day for a ride. Didn't mean to catch that butterfly above the bike in this shot.
The road out the west side from Silver City. Apparently this is Jordan Creek. Didn't know that until I looked it up just now, but it, and we, are headed for Jordan Valley, so it makes sense.
Apparently this type of wildflower likes the area that has been cleared under the power lines.
That's Jordan Craters down there. We'll park next to that big cinder cone. It's a rough road for the three miles in from the main dirt road.
Down along the Owyhee River at Birch Historic Ranch. Not sure if the whole length of the Owyhee River has beautiful scenery like this, but most of what I've seen does.
Same spot, looking toward the river. Once it gets warmer, rafters will put in at Rome, OR, and float down the Owyhee River for three or four days, camping along the way. They usually pull out here, having someone else drive their trucks down and park them nearby.
Beautiful clear day for a ride. Didn't mean to catch that butterfly above the bike in this shot.
The road out the west side from Silver City. Apparently this is Jordan Creek. Didn't know that until I looked it up just now, but it, and we, are headed for Jordan Valley, so it makes sense.
Apparently this type of wildflower likes the area that has been cleared under the power lines.
That's Jordan Craters down there. We'll park next to that big cinder cone. It's a rough road for the three miles in from the main dirt road.
Down along the Owyhee River at Birch Historic Ranch. Not sure if the whole length of the Owyhee River has beautiful scenery like this, but most of what I've seen does.
Same spot, looking toward the river. Once it gets warmer, rafters will put in at Rome, OR, and float down the Owyhee River for three or four days, camping along the way. They usually pull out here, having someone else drive their trucks down and park them nearby.
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Looks like a damn good day Scott.
ScottRNelson
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It was a long one. We lost an hour at the beginning when one of the bikes died and I once again had a passenger on the back of mine to go get a truck. We then headed out, did the whole ride as planned, but didn't get back home until after 7:00 pm. Normally we get back about 4:00. Totally worth the long day.
Oh, and I found out that those yellow wildflowers are Arrowleaf Balsamroot. Didn't want to edit my post, but it seems that I keep having to learn things if I want to make accurate posts here.
berth
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The burden of being a Barf Chronicler.
FLH03RIDER
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
Out and about this morning.
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End of Arroyo Rd. below Del Valle Dam.
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Mendendhall Rd. overlooking lower section of Mines Rd. (the flat section). Mt Diablo in the background.
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End of Arroyo Rd. below Del Valle Dam.
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Mendendhall Rd. overlooking lower section of Mines Rd. (the flat section). Mt Diablo in the background.
ST Guy
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I think if got that same shot somewhere with my old ST in it.
stratslingr77
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Morgan Territory
ichabodnt650
AAA maps and Canon R6
Antioch boat launch
FLH03RIDER
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
I know that spot, was over there yesterday morning on M.T., Highland, Carneal, Collier Cyn, etc.
ScottRNelson
Adventure and Dual Sport
Exploring new Roads
I've seen the road that I wanted to ride today on various maps, so I put a photo on my phone of the route to compare against. The dirt road begins about 50 miles from my home. When I got there I saw a Road Closed sign on a gate across it, so I pulled over a little further up the highway to check that that was the only way in. I went back to examine it and saw an F-150 on the other side of the gate going up the road, and plenty of room to the side for a bike to get through. A few miles further up the road was this other gate with the same setup:
The road works its way up the side of the hill. That's Highway 55 and the Payette River in the background (near my headlight) and the hills on both sides are equally steep.
Lots of beautiful forest to ride through the first 10-15 miles. This road did not have a name or a number that I could detect.
Many downed pine trees covering half the road. Some would be a bit tight in a 4-wheel vehicle.
As always in this part of Idaho, great views at the top.
I went many miles on dirt roads that did not show up on my Garmin GPS. I start to get nervous when there is green stuff growing across the whole road, because that indicates that very little traffic comes through this section.
I feel a sense of relief when my GPS recognizes a road. That cyan colored line is where I came in from, and it doesn't know about that road. For some reason I didn't stay on NF-696 for long, finding another road that didn't show up on my GPS, NF-691. But it let me out, so it was good.
After coming back out to civilization at Smiths Ferry and having lunch there, I went over the next mountain to the west through Long Valley to Ola, which you can see down in the valley there.
I've seen the road that I wanted to ride today on various maps, so I put a photo on my phone of the route to compare against. The dirt road begins about 50 miles from my home. When I got there I saw a Road Closed sign on a gate across it, so I pulled over a little further up the highway to check that that was the only way in. I went back to examine it and saw an F-150 on the other side of the gate going up the road, and plenty of room to the side for a bike to get through. A few miles further up the road was this other gate with the same setup:
The road works its way up the side of the hill. That's Highway 55 and the Payette River in the background (near my headlight) and the hills on both sides are equally steep.
Lots of beautiful forest to ride through the first 10-15 miles. This road did not have a name or a number that I could detect.
Many downed pine trees covering half the road. Some would be a bit tight in a 4-wheel vehicle.
As always in this part of Idaho, great views at the top.
I went many miles on dirt roads that did not show up on my Garmin GPS. I start to get nervous when there is green stuff growing across the whole road, because that indicates that very little traffic comes through this section.
I feel a sense of relief when my GPS recognizes a road. That cyan colored line is where I came in from, and it doesn't know about that road. For some reason I didn't stay on NF-696 for long, finding another road that didn't show up on my GPS, NF-691. But it let me out, so it was good.
After coming back out to civilization at Smiths Ferry and having lunch there, I went over the next mountain to the west through Long Valley to Ola, which you can see down in the valley there.
CDONA
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My best adventure days, always include getting a bit lost, and still finding my way home.
It seems that those gates only keep 4 wheelers out, on purpose?
Allow horses?
It seems that those gates only keep 4 wheelers out, on purpose?
Allow horses?
ScottRNelson
Adventure and Dual Sport
Don't know the rules, but an F-150 was able to squeeze by the first one. And since my GPS shows me where I've been, I can use it to find my way back out. Done that more than once.
ScottRNelson
Adventure and Dual Sport
Three Forks
We stop here every time we head through Prairie. Last time it looked like a river. This time it's part of Arrow Rock Reservoir, which is very close to full.
This is the south fork of the Boise River. Off in the distance where it bends is how far the reservoir reaches. When 100% full, it almost stretches back to this bridge.
We came from Prairie on Long Gulch Rd and somewhere around here it switches to Slide Gulch Rd.
Middle fork of the Boise River.
The view down to the middle fork from Road Creek Rd.
The north fork of the Boise River.
We stop here every time we head through Prairie. Last time it looked like a river. This time it's part of Arrow Rock Reservoir, which is very close to full.
This is the south fork of the Boise River. Off in the distance where it bends is how far the reservoir reaches. When 100% full, it almost stretches back to this bridge.
We came from Prairie on Long Gulch Rd and somewhere around here it switches to Slide Gulch Rd.
Middle fork of the Boise River.
The view down to the middle fork from Road Creek Rd.
The north fork of the Boise River.
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I think you got the wrong thread.
ScottRNelson
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Someone with authority here needs to explain the rules of this thread to Escape Pod. It looks to me like every post from that user on this thread has been inappropriate.
And I even feel "bad" for making a post here without a photo in it, but I think maybe I've done enough this week.
CDONA
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Not "Wrong Thread" , more like green Idaho. Others have substituted bikes when not running, , ,
I've seen years of brown Idaho, The C of C in Idaho, finally turned on the water.
We are due a wet monsoon, as proclaimed, lots more will be heading north this summer, , ,
I've seen years of brown Idaho, The C of C in Idaho, finally turned on the water.
We are due a wet monsoon, as proclaimed, lots more will be heading north this summer, , ,
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