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just outside of Prineville, there were probably a dozen campgrounds along the river, too bad it was noon and a little early to stop for the day this was USFS land, but apparently some type of ATV park also

I've never seen this before a cattle guard made of string? deer everywhere, keep a sharp eye out

and this.... as the sun set and the storm clouds passed the next morning was bright and clear and the dust was settled by the rain... and we ran up on this

remnants of fires past. Rick told us this had not been many fires this season, despite the dry weather wild horses maybe? there weren't any formal campgrounds close, but we found what was obviously a hunter's camp after a brief rain, we were rewarded with this....

long way down to the potty so we took a few more photos and left Rick to his business that's allright, don't get up. I'm just moving on down the road

he logged the weather, made radio calls to check in, and ran through his morning routine while we mainly stayed out of his way and took a few photos I am soooo glad I found this.... in an emergency I may not have known how to get out of there....

and we climb back down. we're back at the vehicles and a car drives up it's the fire lookout arriving for his shift. we ask if we can come up briefly, and he says sure. SUCCESS his name is Rick and he mans the tower 6 days a week for a 14 week period during fire season

nobody here, gate unlocked, maybe we get to climb this one great views going up we get to the top and craaaaaap! padlocked couple of quick photos

and a little stretch we dubbed "Pinstripe Alley" another beautiful USFS campground yet another fire lookout

the maps indicated a lake over there to the left this would normally be fish habitat we saw a lot of hives along the route some of the road was pretty good... some less so....

at Emmett, maintenance and shopping completed, we set out on "The Spur" more southern Idaho farmland we passed this lady who was herding cattle, with her faithful cowdog, along the road and Larry stopped to chat. turns out she owned a cattle ranch there locally and also another one in...

you leave your vehicle in the Barking Lot, these guys crack me up still scenic along the highway

Okay, we finished the IDBDR and had to get back down to central Idaho to begin the Pacific Ocean Spur. On the highway, you pass Lewiston scenic overlook further down the highway, we passed this and had to turn around and go back and look again....

All the trees threw me. I'm more used to seeing mines look more like this.... This is Tonopah, Nevada

a prestigious address if I ever saw one Canada, eh? we stopped near the border for photos at the Welcome to Idaho sign then we proceeded to Bonners Ferry for a farewell lunch where we said goodbye to Oly, who was headed home from there. Paul and Steve were headed to Emmett to run the...

here's the gang that's sage advice, now just how do I do that? getting near the border and it's back to farmland and ranches hey Oly!

and you hit a "Peed Bump" going into Wallace, where we stopped for lunch one of only a few campfires we were able to have, due to fire restrictions not that I don't appreciate the volunteers clearing downed trees, but they could trim back just a little more... another fire lookout...

but John knew that you could proceed straight and run parallel to the official tracks and pass through more tunnels. the road would intersect the official trail again shortly. Thanks John! this was a short one that's the official track down there

on the way out of town, the old train tunnels have been converted to trails as part of a Rails-to-Trails project is that a train coming out of there with 2 headlights? no, it's just Larry I think there were only 2 tunnels on the official trail, which turned left after the second tunnel

cool tunnel and on to Avery the old train depot is now a museum and visitor center this old dining car is open to walk through