REFUGEES – DAVID , JOHN
LOOP ~ 47 MILES
1ST RIDE OF THE YEAR AT BLACKS CREEK . BEATS THE DESERT , BUT BECAUSE OF HIGH CREEKS WE RODE MORE ATV TRAILS THAN I REALLY WANTED.
WILLOW WAS RUNNING HIGH. NEITHER OF US HAD THE GUMPTION TO ATTEMPT THE CROSSING.
SPOTTED SOME ELK BELOW THE LOOKOUT.
DEVILS HOLE.
LOOP – 44 MILES
DAVID AND I DECIDED TO RIDE MURPHY HOPING WE COULD MEET UP WITH MURRAY AND KAT.
NO SIGN OF MURRAY AND KAT WHEN WE TOOK OFF.
THE BLM HAVE BEEN BUSY BEAVERS TRYING TO BLOCK AND TEAR UP TRAILS. THEY EVEN PLOWED UP WASHES AND TRIALS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. AT LEAST WE DIDN’T GET GATE RAPED ( ENHANCED PAT DOWN) BEFORE THE RIDE.
CREEKS WERE HIGH SO WE DIDN’T TRY SINKER. WHEN WE GOT ABOVE DIAMOND BASIN WE DECIDED IT WAS TOO MUDDY FROM THE RAINS TO HAVE FUN ON THE SINGLE TRACKS THAT RUN UP THE HILLS.
RIDERS – DAVID, MURRAY , JOHN
LOOP –47 MILES
PARKED AT MISSILE BASE ROAD * OREANA CUTOFF AGAIN. WANTED TO RIDE INTO SAVAGE CROSSING AND EXPLORE SOME TRACKS WE HAVE SEEN ON PREVIOUS RIDES.
TOOK THE SINGLE TRACK UP TO DOYLE CABIN AGAIN , ALWAYS A FUN TRAIL.
DECIDED TO TAKE THE FENCE LINE ABOVE THE CABINS TO EXPLORE A TRAIL WE SAW LAST TIME. TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT TRAIL UP DOYLE MOUNTAIN.
ON OUR WAY TO SAVAGE CROSSING WE SAW A HERD OF DEER ON THE HILL SIDE.
CREEK WAS TOO HIGH FOR US TO CROSS (WE WOULD HAVE TO CROSS IT TWICE ).
LUNCH STOP AT SAVAGE CROSSING.
UNMANAGED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES RANKS RIGHT UP THERE WITH UNMANAGED HEALTHCARE !
RAN INTO BRENT MARTELL ON OUR OUT OF SAVAGE.
DEFINITELY MORE EXPLORING FOR US TO DO. THERE A FEW MORE TRAILS FOR US TO REDISCOVER.
RIDERS – DAVID, JOHN
LOOP – 50 MILES
DECIDED ON SHORT DRIVE AND RIDE IN MURPHY. AS WE DROVE TO THE BIG SANDWASH, WATER WAS FLOWING FROM THE WEST FORK OF RABBIT CREEK. A COUPLE OF BLM TRUCKS WITH TRAILERS WERE PARKED THERE. WE COULD HEAR THEM WORKING CATS UP THE WASH.
HAD TO RIDE THE SLOT AGAIN BUT SINKER WAS RUNING TOO HIGH TO RIDE , AT LEAST FOR US.
STOP ALONG DIAMOND CREEK.
DIAMOND BASIN SINGLE TRACKS.
I WAS FEELING FASTER, BUT STILL COULDN’T STAY ON DAVID’S TAIL.
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