We left Friday morning just before 8 and had breakfast at the Boise Stage
Stop again.
Decided to setup camp about 2 miles off the Hwy51 on Battle Creek Road.
There are a couple of spots near the corrals but decided I didn’t want to listen
to the dishes rattling any longer than I had to.
“Friday loop” ~ 50 miles / 2.5 hrs rolling time + hiking
After getting set up we were able to head out on the bikes around 11. I
decided to ride the 300EXC after getting it re-sprung. What a fun ride! Started
out trying to follow some cow trails then some two tracks but as you can see
we got turned around by some fence lines. On a ranch road heading north we saw
coyotes and a heard of elk.
Stopped for lunch at Parker Trail Head. Scott was in charge of sandwiches.
Then followed a two track to the junction of Wickahoney and Big Jack’s
Creeks.
We poked around the corrals a little bit, then head west on two track just past
the next cattle guard. One leg turned north and petered out near a dry lake bed.
It was rocky and no trail so I didn’t try to Scott into it.
Back tracked and followed a jeep trail down into the Duncan Creek Canyon.
Looked around Buncel Place a little bit. Don’t know the history, looks to be
a homestead or cattle station.
We then followed the road across the creek in search of Holeman Cabin (took
a wrong turn but looks like an interesting dual sport loop).
Holeman Cabin is on Big Jack’s Creek. We parked our bikes and started the
hike to the bottom.
Made it to the bottom, but no cabin. Looked and looked but could not find it.
What a gyp!
Started the long climb back up.
Got back to camp around 4PM.
Saturday Loop ~ 60 miles
Rolling time ~ 3.5 hours + hiking
Saturday we head down to Wickahoney and the Little Blue Table. It was
cloudy and cooler so we started out in our jackets. I rode the 400.
Wickahoney was 10-12 miles away.
Headstone:
Joshua Dunning
1824- 1907
Margareta Dunning
1863-1913
Baby Dunning 1894
Unknown Miner 1910
From the stage stop we crossed the damn on the pond then followed the two
track up the bluff (this is the track that intersects Battle Creek Road on top).
Went back down the hill in search of the Little Blue Table Calendar (Indian Carvings) .
On the prairie south of Wickahoney we saw the horses.
Road past the secret barn up toward the Little Blue Table. Followed a track
into Crab Creek where we had lunch.
After lunch we explored more two tracks that ran up to the base of the cliffs
that ring the basin. Hiked up several in search of trails to the carvings but no
luck. May not have been in the right basin or was looking on the wrong end
and there was still snow pack at cliff bases even if we found the trail.
Scott was about out of water and we already had clocked 40 miles so we
called it a day and headed back down the Table. Scott was on my tail coming
down the hill, then at the turn to Wickahoney he wasn’t there. Found him back
on the hill trying to straiten his hand guards. Looked as if he got crossways in
a rut. Gave him some trail mix while I got his bike back together.
On the two track cutting across the prairie he was up on his foot pegs much of the way. At Wickahoney we followed a two tracklower down that intersected Battle Creek road closer to the corrals
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