Another Semi Epic Trip to the Northwest.

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Turns out Cooney State park was a pain in the ass. Online it said $18 but when I got there it said 34 and it was 85° and it was hard finding the shower building actually there was only One shower building for three campgrounds which were nowhere near each other. I got pissed and left. I am now at a free city park just south of Columbus Montana right on the banks of the Yellowstone River. It’s still hot but free is cheaper than 34 bucks and frustration.
Some of these pictures are from Beartooth Pass as well as dead Indian pass.

 

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According to Google I only have about 7 to 8 hours to drive tomorrow till I get to St. Mary’s Idaho. Yippee! Then I’m going to sit on my ass well I’ve been sitting on my ass for a week but I’m going to sit on my ass and relax.

 

[Montecresto]

Turns out Cooney State park was a pain in the ass. Online it said $18 but when I got there it said 34 and it was 85° and it was hard finding the shower building actually there was only One shower building for three campgrounds which were nowhere near each other. I got pissed and left. I am now at a free city park just south of Columbus Montana right on the banks of the Yellowstone River. It’s still hot but free is cheaper than 34 bucks and frustration.
Some of these pictures are from Beartooth Pass as well as dead Indian pass.
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I love the escape of the Nez Perce. And there were multiple epic escapes in the 1000 mile chase. Howard was awestruck by Joeseph’s ability to cross rapid rivers with the elderly, women and children at a faster pace than he and his soldiers. The Nez Perce were one of only two tribes that the Corp of Discovery encountered on their epic trip that were truly friendly and saved the lives of the entire Corps from starvation. That was 60 years before Howard’s chase and began as a result of the US breaking a land treaty that they had made with them. They struggled to make the Canadian border and refuge as Sitting Bull had done a few years earlier. Howard/Miles killed more than half of them along the way and they were forced to surrender just 40 miles short of the border. A very sad story.

 

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There’s a place in Idaho called the white bird battlefield just off I 95 where the Indians actually wiped out most of the Calvary that they fought against. That was the beginning of the Nez Perce war. Back in 1995 I worked at an old soldier fort that had burned down in 1902 that the same Indian tribe had escaped through Lower geyser basin in Yellowstone national park

 

[Montecresto]

There’s a place in Idaho called the white bird battlefield just off I 95 where the Indians actually wiped out most of the Calvary that they fought against. That was the beginning of the Nez Perce war. Back in 1995 I worked at an old soldier fort that had burned down in 1902 that the same Indian tribe had escaped through Lower geyser basin in Yellowstone national park

Wow, that’s really cool. I want to go over the Lemhi Pass following the Corp’s trail to the Salmon sometime. Too bad fire has destroyed so much of the antiquities.

 

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Ida-Home. At Christmas Hills near St Maries. Hey @PNWGuy youre not that far from here, why don’t you come and ride with us?

 

[gch1911]

Ida-Home. At Christmas Hills near St Maries. Hey @PNWGuy youre not that far from here, why don’t you come and ride with us?
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happy you made it. sorry about the hail but thanks for the pics, info. (ps alaska is worth the trip)

 

[lee]

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A little lite reading there Bayleaf?

Great picture.

 

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Over looking St Maries from Xmas Hills

 

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Mount Baldy and where we’re riding to tomorrow..

 

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Riding along the old St Joe River.
Look at them redneck boys with their Honda toys...

 

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I’m not sure if I got a convert or a pervert? @Tigermark

 

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Gnome Gnome on the road
where the deer and antelope explode
Where often are herds
And discouraging turds
And the sky is dusty all day.

 

[Miss_Oak]

I’m not sure if I got a convert or a pervert? @Tigermark
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You guys are cute as heck BUT I'd have to run if i saw you two creeping around in the woods! Hahaha

 

[DG Rider]

Gnome Gnome on the road
where the deer and antelope explode
Where often are herds
And discouraging turds
And the sky is dusty all day.

Bet you can't wait to get back to Asheville?

 

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Bet you can't wait to get back to Asheville?

Ain’t no dang dislike tab option...

 

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I did more riding than I did picture taking although there were grand views all around. Yesterday we all rode to Avery then up to the Trail of the Hiawatha with a bunch of old RR tunnels hacked through the mountains and some super high trestles turned riding routes. Awesome day. Plumb wore out though. I think we did something like 120+ miles with @HoundDog @CumminsPusher myself and others. Great times. I took some videos which I’ll load to YouTube eventually. I am currently near Lakeview on Lake Pend Oreille. Gonna look at some land over the next few days.

 

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I know this is a little backwards but here are some more of Thursday evening when I first arrived at Xmas Hills before @CumminsPusher or anyone else arrived. I had taken these pix on my ipad but forgot to transfer them to my phone which is my only online access device.

 

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Here are some more from heading up to the top of St Joe Baldy Mtn . Of course @CumminsPusher has to try and break all the worlds records by driving backwards up the mountain’s avalanche scree fields....