A long day , started with another locked gate and another detour through another state forest which was actually quite enjoyable and I did some nice side tracks and another viewing of Hell’s canyon . Back on route and I start a 80 km track and soon realize I’m not going to enjoy this at all , it’s 1st and 2nd gear on small rocks and ruts ,after a couple of kms I turn round , go , back and find an alternative route to my Next town and it turns out to be one of the highlights of the ride ,it takes me up the valley along side of the Snake River,
a great gravel Rd with great scenery all be it dulled by the smoke of the fires in California
The downside of this detour was it took me about 130km off route which meant a lot of sealed Rd some of which was quite boring Including a 40km dead straight flat piece of Rd
to my overnight stop at a not very tidy Town of Burn who’s main activity seems to be running large old jacked up 4wd trucks up and down the main St which seems to be empty of people
Photo s , straight Rd, snake river,on the way back off stoney rutted track 