My Journey

[ITTOG]

I love the beaver pic. Cool how it is pointing with that forward lean.

That sign on the water was funny. If you are in the water and see that sign it is too late. Sayonara buddy.

I had to laugh at your sentence about the church being in almost every pic you took. One little word made it funny to me.

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[ghostdancer]

So that guys dump was just open the valve and let fly? I just can’t imagine the horror!! After all the trash I pick up, in the ocean and on land, and now this, people are indeed pigs. Unfortunately no tag on that POS trailer or we could all send him some care packages of what he dumped.

 

[eric.halim]

Beautiful journey. I'm new here. I wonder this trip has started since 2012 that's like 8 years! How you manage with income and expense? I really need to break free from my office life and be free like this. Please share some tips.

 

[Sierra Valley]

Jerry people never cease to amaze me. Where in life did you grow up thinking that is acceptable? And he has a really nice truck ******?

 

[YukonMontanaTannerTrapper]

ITTOG.....that is not a beaver.....that is a marmot.....

ghostdancer & Sierra Valley.....it's just one more example of the changes that are taking place in our world. I never thought I'd see something like that but these past several years of travel have been full of disappointments.....

eric.halim.....I'm not sure that I would have tips for you.....I'm no expert. If you'd like to know how I got to where I am, I'm certainly willing to share. Just let me know. Welcome to my blog and thanks for posting.....



We continued our trek north and we spent the next day & night at Hell's Half Acre Twenty Mile Trailhead.....



We attempted to hike here in this desolate landscape but the volcanic rock was just too hard on Tanners feet.....



It was not particularly interesting or beautiful here either.....it was a quite spot to spend the night at best.....



The following morning we drove a few more gravel backroads through Idaho, and eventually we ended up on Highway 28.....and since we were in no hurry, I decided to check out the Charcoal Kilns.....



We drove 5 miles up a gravel forest road hoping not only to see the kilns, but also hoping to find a place to spend the night.....



The kilns were quite interesting so I'll share with you what I saw.....







It was apparent that few people make the drive here to visit these kilns.....fresh signs of elk littered the entire area.....this was definitely a hang out.....

 

[YukonMontanaTannerTrapper]

 

[Foy]

Love the kilns even though it's downright shocking how quickly forests were denuded for structural support timbering in the underground mines and to produce charcoal to fire the smelters. You're probably aware of the Canyon Creek kilns up in Montana. Seeing mention of Gilmore on the sign brings back memories of that mine which was, like the Viola and the kilns, near present-day Leadore, along ID 28. The Gilmore mine was the terminus of the Gilmore & Pittsburgh Railroad which ran from 1910 to 1939 between Armistead, MT and Gilmore, ID and Salmon, ID, with Leadore as its switching facility and mechanics shops. The pass over the Beaverhead Mountains forming the MT-ID border, Bannock Pass, was formidable enough that a tunnel was build about 100' in elevation below the pass. A wye was constructed on each side of the pass to enable the train to approach the tunnel's elevation, pull engine first into the wye. back up out of the wye, go through the tunnel in reverse, back into the wye on the other side of the pass, and descend engine first. The grades were so steep, and the winter snows so bad, that the locals claimed the railroad's name G&P stood for Get out & Push. Today, MT 324 follows the tracks corridor from Clark Canyon Reservoir (which inundated Armistead), through Grant to the pass. The tunnel entrance portals are visible on both sides of the pass. On the ID side, the route is ID 29, also known locally as Railroad Road. The badly weathered remains of a passenger car (or more than one?) can still be seen in Leadore.

 

[Ace Brown]

What motivates them? The big empty space between their ears.


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[ROKTAXI]

What motivates them? $$$$$$$$$$$ fills that space needless to say.

 

[Ace Brown]

What motivates them? $$$$$$$$$$$ fills that space needless to say.

I was referring to the idiots painting graffiti all over public places. I don’t think you were.


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[tgil]

It wasn't until I came back to the post today, that I noticed the snow covered peaks in the background of the pics of the kilns. Very nice shots!
Foy- always enjoy when someone like you adds a little more "local lore" to Jerry's posts.
From cattle drives to charcoal kilns, and so many things in between, I REALLY enjoy this thread and the group that keeps it going!
Safe travels Jerry & Tanner!
I'll be heading to Colorado, for a short trip, next month and can't wait for mountain views and air!

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[YukonMontanaTannerTrapper]

Foy.....good stuff thank you.....

Tgil.....here's a few more pictures in the same general area.....



Continuing our drive through Idaho, driving some of the wonderful backroads, and along Highway 28 as we continued north.....







I love driving these backroads as often my goal here is simply to explore but is always combined with finding beautiful spots to sleep.....





We saw herds of antelope hiking through these hills.....Tanner rustled up a bunch of game birds which gave me quite a startle.....







We spent that night camped at the boundary of the proposed Eighteen Mile Wilderness Study Area.....

 

[YukonMontanaTannerTrapper]

A morning walk amongst the cattle.....





.....combined with sensational views looking to the east.....or was it to the west.....I struggle to remember.....





Driving north on Highway 28 we passed through the quaint town of.....Leadore, Idaho.....









I'm becoming a bit addicted to the roadside signs this year.....maybe you've noticed. I've learned so much about the areas I travel.....and I think they are often bypassed as people move along the highway.....



Time is no issue.....at least that's what I believe.....but then I guess we really never know.....

 

[Foy]

Great area for solitude!

Just to the east of the Eighteen Mile area, on the Montana side, is the upper Sheep Creek basin (named Cabin Creek west of the Tendoy Range) through which the Big Sheep Creek Backcountry Byway runs. Many out-and-back spurs up towards Eighteenmile Peak and various other parts of the Beaverhead Mountains. Keep it coming! On the edge of my seat to see where you went from Leadore.

Foy

 

[Ace Brown]

Great picture of your navigator Tanner.


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