Irrigation canals for the farms and a water distribution system for the town were built. The Southern Pacific Railroad constructed an eight-mile spur from its mail like to a newly constructed, elaborate depot. In addition to the depot, the Pacific… Read More »2021 Southern Challenge Sites
The pavement dissipated about 20 miles from Boise on Blacks Creek Road as we rolled toward Prairie. It was the first reel in a seemingly endless loop of postcard scenery as we dropped into the rugged black-rock canyon of the… Read More »Cycles & Scenery: A motorcycle adventure around Idaho
Gold was first discovered in the Boise Basin (centered about 24 miles north of Boise) along Grimes Creek in 1862 by George Grimes, Moses Splawn and an accompanying party of men. Within a few years the basin changed from a… Read More »Gold Mining Ghost Towns near Boise
For our Death Valley trip we have to give credit to Tom, aka DesertDog for the idea. Unfortunately, Tom was not able to go on the trip with us, but once we had a destination in mind, the rest was… Read More »Winter Destination – Death Valley
The Spook Lights typically appear at night and are usually described as orbs or discs varying from the size of a baseball to a basketball. They appear to hover or dance a few feet above the ground.
“So are you going to get that Dempster thing out of your system or not? I don’t want you to look back and say, ‘I wish I had done that when I could have.’ You have new knees now, so… Read More »The Dempster Highway: Dawson City to Inuvik
Also, fate played a hand. On July 30th, our last day of riding for Challenge sites, we were riding the road to Sleeping Deer Mountain. On our way out, we went up to Twin Peaks LO. While there, we noticed… Read More »Just in the Nick of Time!! My 2012 IAMC Challenge
By early afternoon, I’d reached Three Creek Store and Jarbidge, and then continued on to set up camp along some unknown creek in a grassy valley. It had been a long day of wrong turns and I was ready to… Read More »Challenge 2012
by Craig O. Olsen Originally Published in the IAMC Newsletter, February 2013 With the close of 2012 in December we came to the end of our third annual IAMC Challenge. Last year the Challenge sites comprised mainly ghost towns and mountain… Read More »Recap of the 2012 IAMC Challenge
If you haven’t ridden this road, it is a must do – no traffic, good road surface and enough curves to scrub off you sidewalls. From Grangeville I went onto Highway 13, another great twisty road, down to Kooskia and… Read More »RIDING THE IDAHO CENTENNIAL TRAIL NORTH TO SOUTH