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Day 27: Jarbridge to the middle of nowhere (west of Owyhee) Descending south out of the mountains we were looking for Charleston Reservoir on our left and a good gravel road on the right. We passed what we assumed was Charleston Res. and the old settlement and took the next road to the right...

Day 27: Jarbridge to the middle of nowhere (west of Owyhee) Maps for day 27: Jarbridge to West of Owyhee and East of Starvalley Ranch. Camped right on the border of Idaho and Nevada literally. Overview: Part 1: Jarbridge to Owyhee Part 2: Owyhee to Starvalley Ranch You can tell we...

Day 27: Jarbridge to the middle of nowhere (west of Owyhee) I dumped 10 gallons in my truck to start the day off. The jeep was drinking a little less gas but not much. Missing the gas station in Rogerson added some stress to this section. And we were still pressed for time. Another huge thing...

Yes, now that would do it! Foy, you could spend weeks in there.

End Day 26 We ended a great day and covered a good number of miles but we still behind pace for making it to Bend for a parade on the 4th of July. We needed to be covering 200 miles a day at least to do it and it just wasn't happening. Not even with large sections of pavement.

Day 26: City of Rocks to Jarbridge, NV Heading pretty much due south towards Elko we passed through the town of Jarbridge. It isn't much. They had gas which you can see in one of the photos. They wanted more than $8.00 per gallon. We were pretty confident our fuel would last us to...

Day 26: City of Rocks to Jarbridge, NV After going up Trapper Creek and then down Rock Creek road and through some other scenic roads we dropped down into Rogerson. Somehow we missed gas in Rogerson despite the fact that we looked around and even asked someone if there was gas in town. The...

Day 26: City of Rocks to Jarbridge, NV This area made me wonder if we were back in the Wasatch or in the Colorado mountains. Yet it had a distinct beauty - more like what we would find later in Montana. It was fun to look back and see another truck traveling with us. My parents...

Day 26: City of Rocks to Jarbridge, NV Navigation for this section was fairly straight forward. In the Trapper Creek area there were tons of atv trails and we could have made our trip through this section more adventurous by finding some of these trails. Alas, we didn't have time to explore...

Day 26: City of Rocks to Jarbridge, NV Here a few maps of what we trying to accomplish. We erred from the original plan but much for the better. The next three days were the most remote, rugged and incredible of the whole journey so I wanted to break the maps up in as much detail as possible...

Day 25: SLC to City of Rocks, Idaho Somehow, without cell service we were able to meet my parents even though we were hours late. I had managed to get a text through letting them know that we were going to be late but to wait at City of Rocks entrance. What I didn't know was that there were...

Day 25: SLC to City of Rocks, Idaho We were glad to be back on the road and out of the city. It was hard to leave the air conditioning and the pool at Richard's condo but we knew we had to and we do better in the open spaces. Up Dove Creek Road and north toward Idaho. None of us had...

Day 25: SLC to City of Rocks, Idaho Gravel - Salt flats - gravel - and then some small trails attempting to cross through the mountain range to the south of City of Rocks. On googemaps it appears that there are a number of unmarked trails that go up and through this range - and they are quite...

Day 25: SLC to City of Rocks, Idaho The plan was to leave mid-morning. Didn't happen. And then meet my parents in City of Rocks mid-afternoon. Didn't happen. They flew to Bend, rented a Jeep and drove to meet us in Utah in order to drive back to Bend with us on our route. We...

Days 18 - 24 I am slowly still writing this. We returned last night from a nice weekend exploring northern alabama in an area I've been going to since I could drive. It was a great weekend and we tested out the waterproofness of our tent in the deluge Saturday morning. We did miss the Southern...

Day 17: Skyline Drive to Strawberry Peak The sun was baking us and it was hot even at elevation, so we became creative with the sun-reflectors. Often one of these reflectors was rolled up into our youngests window in order to provide her shade. Other times we used it in the front window or...

Day 17: Skyline Drive to Strawberry Peak The trail quickly narrowed an became nothing more than an overgrown ATV trail. We had to move some deadfall a time or two and we were very nervous that these small trails would simply peter-out, become non-existent. The route finding was...

Day 17: Skyline Drive to Strawberry Peak I was sitting, here at this vista, pondering which of the four trails to take when this guy pulls up on an ATV. I am by no means tall at 5,8 and yet I appear a dwarf in these photos. Look at how far I have to crane my head up to look him in...

That's a lot of miles squeezed into a short time period. You did longer days in the car than we did for sure. But, yes, it is worth it.

Day 17: Skyline Drive to Strawberry Peak We stopped for lunch and a swim. We stopped roadside because the only good place to pull off the road was the marina and they wanted us to pay $7 to park there for an hour or two. After lunch we turned west and climbed up Squaw Creek. It...