Their goal is to draw me after them and away from their nests.
The road is lined by two things: beautiful little sunflowers, and Stupid Little Birds (SLBs) who like to jump out in front of my truck as if I am a preditor seeking their eggs. Really? Things fall from planes on a bombing range? I pass the captain obvious sign for the Saylor Creek Bombing Range I am about to traverse. This road is an eternity in a long straight line. I then drive down the long, flat, hot Three Creek Rd south of Bruneau, ID. I stop at a hardware store and obtain a new water jug and fill it at a Shell Station while I grab some fuel. No Leslie Gulch, and no ghost towns of Silver City, and DeLorme, ID in the Owyhee Mountains.
I am hundreds of miles behind schedule and missed out on three desired stops yesterday. Not too much time available to spend staring at such blocks of rock, I have to make up for all the progress I lost by being stuck in the middle of nowhere. The rare chemical properties of these oolites support five endemic plant species and are pretty rad to look at up close. The Oolites are bits of limestone formed from tiny sealife particles which settled on the lake bottom. I had bedded down for the night next to the Shoofly Oolites in southern Idaho, because, well, what an awesome name! These chunks of rocks are the limestone remnants of a giant fresh water lake that extended across the valley of what is now pretty much the bulk of Idaho about 11-13 million years ago. Stay with me, this is a long one, but a good read. Since my riding season got cut short, I talked my wife into driving me out to see a couple challenge sites.Day 3, August 26th, Today became a big day where a lot happened. The historic marker (sign) on Highway 78 is just west of Weese Road that leads to the actual site. Hot ride and really slow going with fresh loose gravel on the road. Took the Poison Creek Cutoff/Oreana Loop Rd to cut up from the Shoofly Oolite marker. Bike is now out of commission after leaving this check point. Ming Utter disaster on the XR650R, This was def an Utter disaster. We got caught in the windstorm and it was almost an "Utter Disaster".ĭid not like the photo at the coordinates after riding out there so I used this one. it turned out to be just some tough/thick paint clogging the threads on the bike that needed to be cleaned out with a tap, but it apparently will be leading to some new information in the installation instructions - talk about about some great customer service! The maiden 'dirt' voyage for my new V-Strom 650 (much more road friendly than the KLR) which is already nicely prepared thanks to a very loving wife and the guys at Happy Trails!Īs a matter of fact, Tim actually ended up installing my centerstand himself: it was not cooperating for me so I took it by the shop to have them make sure that things hadn't changed on the 2013 model. The thought of those poor souls killed or starving to death is very sobering in this day-in-age. Adventure logged.įantastic photography weather, great panoramas through crystal clear atmosphere. A cold front and 50 mile per hour winds blew Milkshake into the wrong lane on the highway and both of us nearly off the road on the gravel. My pic from the actual site didn't come out very good so I used the one I took at the highway sign. Everything ended in private property and fences, so I headed back to the highway. I took every road, singletrack and cowtrail I could trying to get to the site from Swan Falls dam by way of dirt. Glad I didn't have to head west on a wagon train in the 1860s.įoolhardy at Utter Disaster.
Found the marker a few hundred feet further north than the coordinates. I was in the rain leaving Boise but it cleared up by the time I got to Kuna. wow.Īfter being cooped up with a couple of days of rain, I decided to finally brave some of the dodgy weather and head out. Largest loss of life from Indian massacre in the history of the Oregon Trail. which is just a sign, not the massacre site. it is about 4 miles East of the IDOT sign out on hi-way 78. This is the marker that the coordinates take you to. Silverspurs at #34 Utter disaster Massacre site
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