SCREWING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

SET THE 400 WITH A SET OF ICE SCREW TIRES

     7/16th ON REAR                  3/8th ON FRONT

ONLY IN IDAHO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BIKE A SNOW MACHINE & STREET LEGAL !

HOLDER’S RIDE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE–GRAND VIEW 12/23/10

 

LOOP ~ 43 MILES

RIDERS – DAVE, GREG, ROBERT,TED, VINCENT, DARRELL, JOHN

MET AT THE “DEAD COW WASH “ JUST WEST OF GRAND VIEW. I GOT THERE ~ 10:30 ( EARLY, SHORTER DRIVE THAN I THOUGHT).  THE LAST OF THE GROUPS DIDN’T SHOW UP UNTIL 12-12:30.

A COUPLE OF THE GUY’S WERE BIGGER THAN ME & ONE WAS MY AGE. HAD SHORT BRIEF THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I COULD KEEP UP TODAY. I DIDN’T PUT A PASS ON TED UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY.

 

HAD A SHORT ICY CLIMB OUT OF BIRCH CREEK TOOK ME TWO TRY'S.

 

 

SOME OF THE SNOW RIDING

RIDE TO THE MISSILE BUNKER

DAVE AND GREG AT MISSILE BUNKER

TED DOES THE HILL CLIMB. I TOOK A PASS.

MURPHY 12/12/10

 

RIDERS- DAVID , MURRAY, JOHN

LOOP- 36 MILES

1ST RIDE IN A YEAR WITH A KNOBBY (IN DIRT),LOVED IT IN THE DESERT !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GATE ABOVE THE SLOT (DAVID WAS RIDING DOUBLE ).

 

DECIDED THE OWYHEE GUMBO WAS TOO BAD TO RIDE THE SLOT INTO SINKER.

 

WE RODE THE ROAD DOWN TO SINKER. AT THE 1ST CREEK CROSSING WE DECIDED IT WAS RUNNING TOO HIGH TO PROCEED . TRIED THE BACK WAY AND RUN INTO MORE SLOP. HAD TO BACK TRACK OUT AND STICK TO THE SAND WASHES,

GRAND VIEW SNOW RIDE 12 /4/10

 

FRIDAY DAVE POSTED THEY WERE MEETING A THE Y-STOP IN GRAND VIEW AT 9AM SATURDAY.  I CHECKED THE FORECASTS. SUNDAY LOOKED BETTER-SUNSHINE , BUT SATURDAY SHOULD BE OK ~35’ WITH BRIEF SHOWER IN THE MORNING.   I PLOWED A WIDER PATH ON THE DRIVEWAY, DUG OUT THE TRUCK, GOT THE TRAILER HOOKED UP & BIKE LOADED.

SATURDAY MORNING THERE WAS A DUSTING OF SNOW AT THE HOUSE WHEN I HEADED OUT. I84 WAS WET, SIMCO HAD A LIGHT SNOW FLOOR. THERE WAS A STEADY SNOW FALL WHEN I MET DAVE, BUTCH & TOM AT THE Y-STOP.  DAVE JUST HAD A CALL FROM JEFF THAT HE HAD TO GO TO HIS DAUGHTER’S BASKETBALL GAME AND WOULD BE OUT LATER IN THE DAY. IT MUST HAVE SNOWED 1/2-1 “ WHILE WE HAD BREAKFAST.

 

DEAD COW WASH

LOOP ~ 17 MILES

RIDERS- DAVE, TOM, BUTCH, JOHN

DAVE, BUTCH & TOM WERE STUDDED UP AND “A” RIDERS . SLIM CHANCE I WOULD KEEP THEM IN SIGHT.

MY CLIP OF THE 1ST FEW MINUTES OF RIDE. THE WET SNOW STUCK TO THE LENS AND GOGGLES. NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WAS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN NOT HAVING STUDDED TIRES.

 

TOM’S VIDEOS :

 

 

TOM NEEDED TO LEAVE BY 1PM SO WE LOOPED BACK TO THE TRUCKS.

 

 

WHILE WE WERE WAITING DAVE TALKED TO HIS WIFE WHO SAID IT WAS SNOWING HARD IN MOUNTAIN HOME. I CHECKED WITH MARILYN WHO SAID IT SNOWED IN BOISE AND THERE WAS STILL SNOW IN THE DRIVE.  IT WAS AFTER 2PM WHEN JEFF PULLED IN. I DECIDED I DIDN’T WANT TO GET HOME AFTER DARK AND MAYBE HAVE TO PLOW THE DRIVE TO GET THE TRUCK UP. SO I LOADED UP AND HEADED HOME.

 

 

 

JEFF SAID ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER  I LEFT THEIR RIDING PARTNER WENT DOWN IN A DITCH. THEY SPENT THE NEXT 3 HOURS GETTING HIM LOADED IN AN AMBULANCE. AT THE HOSPITAL HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CRACKED FEMUR  HEAD.

BLACKS CREEK 11/14/10

RIDERS- DAVID, JON, JOHN

LOOP- 35 MILES , TOO SHORT !  RODE SOME DIFFERENT TRAILS, BUT DIDN’T CLOCK ENOUGH MILES.

AS WE HEADED OUT OF TOWN ON THE FREEWAY THE RAIN WAS ROLLING IN, BUT AS WE MADE OUR WAY UP BLACKS CREEK ROAD IT CLEARED UP. JUST HAD A LIGHT MIST WHEN WE STARTED OUT.

JON PICKED THE WRONG LINE CROSSING THE CREEK. NOW HE KNOWS.

 

AT THE BEGINNING OF DEVIL’S HOLE, I WAS POKING ALONG THE TRAIL WHERE IT IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR MY TRUCK. I MANAGED TO CLIP A STUMP AND FLIP OFF THE TRAIL.

I WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN OVER THE CREEK WITH MY FOOT STUCK UNDER THE BIKE. AFTER I GOT UNTANGLED, I TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO PULL THE BIKE UP ON THE TRAIL. DECIDED I NEEDED TO GO DOWN THRU THE CREEK. SHOULD HAVE BEEN EASY, BUT THE FRONT WHEEL PINNED AGAINST A LOG WITH THE BACK WHEEL STILL ON TOP OF THE BANK. WHEN I GOT THE BIKE OVER THE LOG IT WAS POINTED THE WRONG WAY. AFTER I GOT IT TURNED AROUND IT WAS EASY TO RIDE OUT.

I MET DAVID AND JON ,WHO WERE HEADED BACK TO LOOK FOR ME JUST PAST THE NARROW SPOTS.

LUNCH IN CANYON JUST ABOVE DEVILS HOLE.

DAVID CONSULTING MAP. I WANTED TO RIDE 322 DOWN FROM THE RIDGE.

 

ride out of devils hole

RIDE OUT OF DEVIL’S HOLE 

TRAIL 322

TRAIL 322-FUN TRAIL, NEED TO WORK ON STITCHING DIFFERENT ROUTES TOGETHER TO MAXIMIZE SINGLE TRACK ROUTES.

TRAIL 420

BACK IN THE DAY, BLACKS CREEK WAS FULL OF “JUST SINGLE TRACKS” LIKE 420.

 

SHORT DAY, BUT NO ONE HAD TO RIDE DOUBLE !

BLACKS CREEK 11/6/10

RIDERS – DAVID, GORDON ,JOHN

LOOP- 55 MILES PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS MONDAY.

 

THE ROCK, THE HOLE , THE LOG

TRAIL 316

DAVID  WANTED TO  SCOUT THE ROCK TO SEE IF YOU COULD RIDE ABOVE THE NOTCH. YOU CAN’T.

ON THE WILLOW CREEK CROSSING I DRIFTED TO FAR TO THE RIGHT(NEVER NEW YOU COULD) AND CASED IN A RUT.

MY MOMMA TOLD IF WE WOULD CARRY SAWS WE WOULDN’T HAVE SO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING.

 

GORDON AND DAVID, LUNCH AT OUR NEW FAVORITE SPOT. I STILL MIGHT TAKE YOU THERE.

WHICH WAY DID DAVID GO ?

DAVID SAID WE WOULD GO THE SAME WAY BACK, BUT SKIP THE STEEP STUFF. I WAS  THINKING OF THE OTHER STEP STUFF. THEY WEREN’T AT ANY JUNCTIONS (IF I GOT ONE OF THOSE NEW 6 SPEED KTMS WOULD I BE FASTER ?), NO DUST AND I KEPT SEEING SCRATCH MARKS, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN FROM  MONDAY.

WILLOW CREEK

 

I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY THE CREEK BED INSTEAD OF THE COBBY SIDE HILL. BAD IDEA, THE CREEK BED IS MORE COBBY PLUS THERE IS A TREE DOWN. GORDON HAD TO RECUSE ME.

 

 

SUNDAY WAS MARILYN'S BIRTHDAY !

SUBURBAN SINGLE TRACKING -BLACKS CREEK 11 /1 / 10

LOOP- 55 MILES

RIDERS – DAVID , JOHN

STARTED AT WILLOW CREEK TRAIL HEAD. TEMP WAS ~ 40’.

WAS  A GREAT DAY, SPECTACULAR COLORS . NO DUST.

ADDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRAILS.

DROPPED MY BIKE IN WILLOW CREEK BUT DIDN’T DROWN IT.

HAD TO BE ONE OF THE BEST RIDES AT BLACKS CREEK.

TRAIL 410, 411 AND WILLOW CREEK

DAVID AT SADDLE ON TRAIL 316

ME. NEW KLIM JACKET !

OUR LUNCH SPOT.

SOME DAY I MIGHT TAKE YOU THERE !

RIDE INTO DEVILS HOLE

WARM SPRINGS 10/17/10

RIDERS – DAVID ,JOHN

LOOP- 65 MILES

 

GREAT DAY !  STILL WARM, ONE OF THOSE DAYS- TOO COOL WITH OUT A JACKET, TOO WARM WITH IT.

DAYS ARE GETTING TOO SHORT.  IF BARRY CAN LOWER THE SEAS YOU THINK HE COULD CHANGE THE TILT OF THE EARTH AXIS WITH A NEW TAX.

WENT BACK TO ETCH IN “I84”, BUT GOT “LOST” ON THE WAY BACK IN DITTO FLATS !

THE MOST MOTORCYCLES I’VE SEEN OUT THERE, 10-12 !  THE HUNTERS ARE STARTING TO THIN OUT.

WE BOTH AGREED WE SHOULD OF SET UP CAMP ON THURSDAY.

RUN FROM RIDGE TRAIL TO POISON CREEK.

POISON FLATS

WARM SPRINGS MARS RIDGE

MARS RIDGE ON RED WARRIOR. GREAT VIEWS AND ACTION VIDS OF DAVID.

 

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE A RUN DOWN GREENHORN TO CHECK OUT THE TALENT !

 

HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS ON THE TRAIL IN DITTO FLATS.

 

SCARIEST SIGHT ON TRAIL !