Post Pics Of Your Tacoma In The Mountains

...We were completely exposed to road and camp sites along the east side of the river - the same location we'd visited four years earlier - now packed with campers who we could tell were wondering, "How'd they get over there?" And more importantly, "How can we get over there?"...

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Snowy Ghost Towns to Steaming Hot Springs - Owyhee #3​

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Snowy Ghost Towns to Steaming Hot Springs - Owyhee #3​

 

...And with that, we'd arrived. High along the ridge of the Pueblo Mountains, the 75-year old remains of a WWII plane, that crashed on February 2, 1945 - a clear night - scattered across the landscape. Eleven crew members lost their lives. A few years ago, a group of adventure motorcycle riders placed a plaque at the site to remember the brave men who gave their lives for our country....

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Searching for a WWII B-24 at Propeller Meadows - Owyhee #4​

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Searching for a WWII B-24 at Propeller Meadows - Owyhee #4​

 

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We'd just been to the Owyhee area, but when the opportunity presented itself to get together with Mike, Zane, Ben, 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​

 

Not a Tacoma but the ‘92 pickup that got me started. I haven’t had a chance to take my Taco up there yet.

 

This was just on the way the the destination but still some mountains in the back

 

San Fran peaks in flagstaff

 

Wind River Range

 

Beartooth Mtns. Truck is blocking the view of the Morrison switchbacks.

 

Nope, that was on Bald Ridge, above Clark Fork canyon north of Cody.

 

Running the Nevada BDR...

...Nevada's BDR is known to be a bit different than some of the others. Most interesting is the temperature differential between the northern and southern ends of the route - even as the north is still covered in snow, temps in the south reach over 100°F. For that reason, a lot of travelers split the trip into two - doing the southern route in winter or early spring and the northern bit come summer.

But not us; we're not that smart. Well no, that's not it exactly - it's just that the time we had to do the trip happened to mean we'd be doing it all in one shot. And we'd be doing it from north-to-south, just because we thought that'd be logistically easier.

At least, that was the plan...

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Jarbridge to Elko - We Wouldn't Have Made It - NVBDR 1​

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Jarbridge to Elko - We Wouldn't Have Made It - NVBDR 1​

 

Shale trail into an abandoned mine site

 

That is a cool truck bed. What brand is it?

 

its a knock off version of the Rebco loggers box, mainly a PNW thing. I modified it a bit, welding in the toolboxes, and shortening it.

 

...Anyone who's camped with me knows that I'm always a fan of finding a ridge along which to camp, and my hope was this part of the route - which crossed a ridgeline - would be a great place for us to stop for the night. Clearly - and perhaps obviously - previous adventurers shared my preference and as we reached the ridgeline, a lightly-travelled trail dove off the main road to the south - into BLM land!...

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Elko to Austin - Retracing the Pony Express - NVBDR 2​

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Elko to Austin - Retracing the Pony Express - NVBDR 2​