Owyhee Redux - Mud, Lava, Snow, Hot Springs and More... (May 2020)

We'd just been to the Owyhee area, but when the opportunity presented itself to get together with Mike @Digiratus, Zane @Speedytech7, Ben @m3bassman and Kirsten for Memorial Day, we knew we had to go back - the lure of getting together to enjoy the outdoors with friends, greater than the desire to explore somewhere new.

Plus, even though we were in the same general area, we were able to come up with an itinerary that wouldn't exactly repeat what we'd done just a few weeks before. That is, if all went according to plan.

Like all trips, this one wouldn't go exactly as planned, but as usual I'm skipping too far ahead.

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One, Two, Three Strikes We're Out - Owyhee Redux #1​

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One, Two, Three Strikes We're Out - Owyhee Redux #1​

 

......It was slow going as our tires strained for traction, the usually-dusty road having turned into a slop of clay, quickly clogging our lugs and flinging up in all directions, our steering wheels seemingly useless in several sections....

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Mud to Devil's Gate, Three Finger's, & Jordan Craters - Owyhee Redux #2​

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Mud to Devil's Gate, Three Finger's, & Jordan Craters - Owyhee Redux #2​

 

......This would be a good place to mention that just before we climbed up onto the plateau that lends the "Uplands" moniker to the Owyhee Uplands Byway, we'd all been ready for lunch. It was a little after noon for us from the RealTime Zone™, and after 1:00pm for those from Mountain Time. There was just one small problem - snow. They were just flurries, but none of us really wanted to eat in those conditions, so we pushed on, hoping to drive through the flurries to something much more pleasant....

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You Can't Drive Through the Delamar Mine - Owyhee Redux #3​

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You Can't Drive Through the Delamar Mine - Owyhee Redux #3​

 

......we were glad when this section of road was behind us and we found ourselves at the upper entrance to the shelf road and the Bruneau Cherrystem sign.

Unsure if the shelf road would be passable - or whether the section that had begun to wash out a year ago would be even more-so after another winter - we got our of our trucks to survey the situation, and investigate the ruins of a stone cabin that's perched here, high on the canon wall....

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The Long Road to Silver City, Wickahoney, & Indian Hot Springs - Owyhee Redux #4​

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The Long Road to Silver City, Wickahoney, & Indian Hot Springs - Owyhee Redux #4






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Your photos are something else. Thanks for sharing!

 

Wicked cool!