Was SUN VALLEY SUNNY? NO!Take a peak at the fresh snow on Borah Peak. We were very cold. We boondocked out on Warm Springs road, which has great Mountain biking right at the doorstep, but Damn it was cold. Snowing everyday...In between riding and sleeping hollie and I did a fair bit of reading, to stay warm and all. I read The Perfect Storm in about 12 hours!
SELF PORTRAIT (no nostrils)
I took this pic where Imperial gulch and green horn gulch meet. It was up a pretty loose moto'ed out single track which took some serious concentration, and traction just to keep moving up. Lucky for me, there was a table and chair at the intersection and it was not snowing.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
This is way out there, I was so happy to take a seat and have hollie snap this photo. But, the wind picked up and the cold poured down the mountain bringing snow. we moved on!
MORNIN'
Hollie getting the dogs food ready before the ride...note the Down Jacket! It was cold!
Boon Docking!
Dont be fooled by the sun light. It was short lived and the flurries of snow followed. It was a great place to camp out though. Just the sound of the river running in front of us...great sleeping...or that might be attributed to the 3 moose drools I had before bed.
Biking
Bundled up in May. We are still having a great time. In fact todays ride was one of my top 3 rides of all time. I have been riding a bike since I was 4 or so, so that is pretty real. It looks like Hollie is having fun here too!
I could stay in Sun Valley for a long time and ride. There is buffed single track in places you cant imagine. The bummer is that Sun Valley is for rich folk who dont liver there. The people who are there, whom might not be rich, have lost sight of the land they live in and kind of focus on "hating the tourist" or "the Californian" Everywhere we have been on our trip so far people have been so cool, especially in Idaho. I think the Hailey, Ketchum, SV crowd need to get back to the goodness of where the are. (RANT)
So, because of the extreme cold and Hollie being miserable we headed out of town today and drove the wrong, long way to Missoula. Wrong and long are accurate, but what a great mistake we made. We drove over some massive 10,000 foot dirt road at 15 miles an hour for 1.5 hours. The road had some crazy "moonshot" exposure to the river floor. It was unreal. It led us down into the Challis National forest, a beauty of a place, that we would have never seen if the GPS had not been so anal about the shortest (line of sight) route! I was stressed out for awhile, but I got over it fast! The country we saw today took my breath away!
So where are we now? Missoula, Montana. I dont think we will be here long. Perhaps one ride and split to Spokane...
I could stay in Sun Valley for a long time and ride. There is buffed single track in places you cant imagine. The bummer is that Sun Valley is for rich folk who dont liver there. The people who are there, whom might not be rich, have lost sight of the land they live in and kind of focus on "hating the tourist" or "the Californian" Everywhere we have been on our trip so far people have been so cool, especially in Idaho. I think the Hailey, Ketchum, SV crowd need to get back to the goodness of where the are. (RANT)
So, because of the extreme cold and Hollie being miserable we headed out of town today and drove the wrong, long way to Missoula. Wrong and long are accurate, but what a great mistake we made. We drove over some massive 10,000 foot dirt road at 15 miles an hour for 1.5 hours. The road had some crazy "moonshot" exposure to the river floor. It was unreal. It led us down into the Challis National forest, a beauty of a place, that we would have never seen if the GPS had not been so anal about the shortest (line of sight) route! I was stressed out for awhile, but I got over it fast! The country we saw today took my breath away!
So where are we now? Missoula, Montana. I dont think we will be here long. Perhaps one ride and split to Spokane...
1 comment:
Those darn GPS'...! Seems that thing took you to places most folks NEVER get to see...let's hope it continues. Great stories, great pictures, great to see you two kids having such a blast... The fact that you are our pals takes some of the sting out of NOT being out there with you, love the ATB shots of "Marie Wilderness"? Is that the A.K.A? I seem to have forgotten your stage name Hollie! We miss you guys...but NOT enough to request you head home now, continue on the adventure as it seems like the ONLY natural thing to do at this point. Everything here in NC is good...I started riding again and Mrs. loondog is training for the Barb Schmidt Triatholon...I am very proud, you should see her go! Take of yourselves you two and thanks for the GREAT blogs! Part of my daily routine now!(that and a good cup of Joe!)
loondog...out
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