A look at old towns I have seen

The next 13 places are towns I have been to some time within the last 55 years Yes 55 years,Many within the last 5 years This is a very short list and I will add to this segment some day

Sumpter Oregon

I need to return and look over again

Sumpter Oregon

A absolute stop and look

Silverton Colorodo

A nice scenic train ride start in Durango and do the round trip a must for riding and looking and leave the driving to others

Silver City Idaho

all private property please respect and enjoy
your trip drive slow

Silvercity Idaho

I have been here a dozen times and will go back a dozen the lord willing

Ryepatch Oregon

Had to watch for snakes here

Randsburg,Calif

A nice place to go to But I wasn't interested in staying long

Placervile Id

Saved but at rest??

An Idaho trip to the back country

Placerville Idaho do you need saved?

Garlock

Just a old place Garlock,Calif

Calico.Calif

Calico,Calif It has been a while and this place was an childhood trip,I will go again if in the area

Bodie,Calif

One of dozens of structures saved walk about,look in the windows

Bodie,Calif

Bodie Calif,a wonderful place that I will return to

Idaho City Placerville Oct 26 08 ATV ride

This was an nice trip We did 64 miles in all there were 17 machines with 2 riding double All equipment operated well Other than me having a flat It was nice to have good repair kits and those that know how to use them.We meet at Trudy s restaurant in Idaho city this AM at 7 and on to the High School parking lot for staging we were on the trail by 10It would have been nice to have a snow floor for a while but the dust was not bad ,there were several fire wood crews and hunting camps along the way In all a good day snow will be here soon enough

Idaho city placerville Oct 26 08 ATV ride

Idaho City main street aout 4 to 5 blocks long, poulation changes with the season this Sunday AM at 8 am was real quite

idaho city/placerville oct 26 08

Get the show on the road (trail)

This ride was on Oct 12 08 Our ride is to War Eagle mountings and on to the mining community of Flint and ride on to Silver City by way of long gulch We stopped at several other no name mining sites with old structures We had great weather to day with no rain alight wind and weather as expected on a snow floor.The trip was 55.5 miles on my meter and about 30 miles was on snow for the most part the snow was perhape 3 to 4 inches BUT there were som drifts of about 2 feet .Our higest elevation was in the order of 7500 feet We had 14 riders on 12 ATVs, I screwed up and left my 2 g card for my camera at hoe ans was only to capture 7 pictures

Oct 12 ,2008 ATV ride in the Silver City area

Oct 12 ,2008 ATV ride in the Silver City area

We are parked at the end of the pavement on the Silver City road from Murphy this is a good ride day all showed up on time with riders from Mount ion Home and the Boise area

Oct 12 ,2008 ATV ride in the Silver City area

We are located just below War Eagle looking north at the Boise Baisen

Oct 12 ,2008 ATV ride in the Silver City area

This is still War Eagle by the way there is quite a complex of antennas and such here.the view is to the east with the cinnabar mountings just to the left

Oct 12 ,2008 ATV ride in the Silver City area

We all made it so far ,Our location is War Eagle Mounting's,The view is to the North Boise is somewhere out there, perhaps 40 miles as a crow would do it The wind was up and on the snow we were aware of the chill factor

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

In May of 2008 some 33 ATVs and 35 riders ventured to Jorden Lalley creaters this was an a interesting trip to an out of the way corner of Oregon the next grout of photes will need to be addeded to later

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

This is the hole in the wall ranch property we are 40 or so miles from anything .

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

just some random shots of the trip

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

This picture was taken from the west side looking east it was interesting to discover that when google looking at this site the area appeared as an large lake

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

Bruce canyon Not real sure on the name Here boaters and rafters complete there trip

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

Another view of the staging area

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

We have had our tailgate meeting and the rules were read "do not pass we all are going to the same place and stay on the right.

Jorden creaters trip May 8-2008

We are parked some 5-6 miles west of Hwy 95 and 8 miles north of Jordan Valley there are 33 ATVs on this trip

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

August 8 2008 Four older retired types took an 1 day trip on the ATVs We drove 40 or so miles south of Jorden Valley and to the east and south to the Jumpter mountions the bike ride was for anouther 60 milesthe next 6 pictures show what much of the area looked like.

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

Part of the results from the range fire
It must have been hot ant the structure must have been dry there were several structures destroyed that day

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

Another look at the log palace and note the green out structure

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

This log cabin appears to be in great shape triple pad locks on the doors and looking about the owner has an very large dog as evidence of the size of the scat. This would be an nice week end retreat, the name of this site is twin springs We did find on of the springs

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

Another view of the river

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

This is the Owyee River I would call it as close to the head waters of the river. The crossing as such is located below where I am standing At least today it served as a crossing for ATVs .This is an old ranch site that dated back into the late 1890s or so..There was an range fire in the last couple of years that destroyed the structures .The ride down into the canyon is not for the weak of heart. It is quite steep

ATV trip to Jumpter mountions so of Jorden Valley 8-08-2008

This place is at least 60 miles south of Jordan Valley and is remote .ATV works best or snowmobile in season We did see several 4x4 pickups. but if it is wet or has rained it does get rough. We saw one cow elk and no other wild life. There were several hunters scouting for sheep. This corrals location is reported to be close to the location where 2 game offers were murdered back in the 70s

trail head west and so of Murphy Idpossable called hammerhead???

This was a small crowd passable because of the cold,some rain some snow flakes,there were 8 of us and we had some hot dogs and coffee as well as tea and chocolate

Idaho City 7-20-08 ATV trip to Pilot Peak

The next 6 or so items are about a ATV trip to the Idaho City area, this is an large area and this trip is to Pilot Peak.It is located 21 or so miles north of Idaho city and is close to Hwy 21.
This ATV ride was the dustiest dirty ride I have been on .this trip was on 7-20-08 and there were 15 or so ATV We saw some interesting sights

On the way back to Idaho City We stopped and looked about at one on many gold mines in the area

Idaho City 7-20-08 ATV trip to Pilot Peak

Lunch time ,still at pilot peak