On the 19th of November myself and Richard (Bob’s son) will be heading to New Zealand to have another adventure with Bob. We’ll be updating the site here with pictures, words and anything else we so desire. It’ll be a hoot!!
Day 22/23
will get back to this at a later date
Day 21
I leave burn and head south to my first off road track of the day , it doesn’t take long to realize this is not good, it’s okay to plot a route on base camp or Google Earth but that doesn’t give you the complete picture and this was one of those tlmes, the track turned into a Sandy rutted bull dust holled pig of a track heading into a huge expance of flat nothing but desert the likes I have not seen before Iturn and head back to the safety of the gravel Rd 2 hrs later I go past where that track crosses the Rd I’m on and disappears into the most barren flat landscape I think I have seen
I continue on into Hart mtn national antelope refuge with great scenery and end up in the very small settlement of Adel , there’s nothing there except a small store
the nearest accommodation is cedarville a 100 odd Ks away which has one motel ,my phone doesn’t work so the lady at the store phones through for me and I get the last unit.the first 50ks is gravel that runs along the foot of a large mountain range and reminds me of the wide skiddy sth island rds, the perfect way to finish the day and the sealed section was just as good
Day 20
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
Day 19
If yesterday was crap today was spectacular . For a start I was out of forests and headed for Lewiston across plains of wheat , the patterns and colours across the rolling landscape and the great winding gravel rds were a stark contrast to the confines of a Forest