smfulle
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This report is a little bit lame because I didn’t plan thetrip and was mostly just following along without knowing exactly where we were most of the time.
On Monday, Labor Day, my cousin Don Fuller and his son Quinn and I took a little ride in the Logan Canyon area, North of Beaver Creek Lodge.
I started out from my home in Plain City, UT. I flat towed my 48 CJ2A behind my 59 Chevy pickup to Logan to meet up with Don.
We drove up Logan Canyon and turned left at the Beaver Mountain turnoff and then parked at a staging area a few hundred yards after the turnoff.
The area is beautiful and green this time of year. Just after getting started, we had to stop and let some air out of my tires. I had them pumped up pretty hard for the towing.
Here’s Quinn, Don’s up in the trees.
Our first stop was at the crash site of a C-46 Commando transport plane that crashed hauling GI’s back home from the Korean War. Very sobering place, and one that makes me grateful once again for those that have gone before us and paved the way for our freedom. Here’s a little report that someone else did on the crash site.
https://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/visit-to-plane-crash-site-fish-haven-id-4513
We traveled along mostly well maintained dirt roads and made serveral turns that I lost track of. Don said we traveled up Danish Pass. Before getting there we took a little sidetrip on a spur that took off to the left. It was pretty rough and steep. Itried to video the trip up the hill while driving with one hand. A bad way tovideo, and a bad way to drive.
[video=youtube;giffmvNDlNY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giffmvNDlNY[/video]
Later we went up German Dug way. This is a rocky and steep “road”that is pretty challenging, but you are rewarded with spectacular views. Here are a couple of pictures.
Looking back at the road we just came up.
Down the valley.
And at the top we took this poser shot.
Down at the bottom of the dug way was this sign. There was one just like at the other end.
We made a stop at the Paris Ice Caves. Here's Don and Quinn standing on the pile of dirty ice still in the cave here at the end of the summer.
We continued on down the hill to the town of Paris Idaho.Don’s wrangler is only registered for off road. We thought we could get away with just dropping into this little townand getting some lunch at the local café. We weren’t on the pavement 50 feet when a BearLake County Idaho sheriff’s pickup rolled by. He pulled us over and gave Don a ticked for nolicense plate. LHe was then nice enough to let us drive to the café for lunch and then gave usback road directions over to Green canyon (said we already had the ticket so weshould be ok) where we made our return trip back to the trucks.
Here’s a lame video on the return trip. I wasn’t sure if Iwas actually taping or not, but you at least get a little idea of the terrainand the road conditions.
[video=youtube;cx7t7IQM1tI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx7t7IQM1tI[/video]
Fun day, fun ride. (Except for the ticket)
On Monday, Labor Day, my cousin Don Fuller and his son Quinn and I took a little ride in the Logan Canyon area, North of Beaver Creek Lodge.
I started out from my home in Plain City, UT. I flat towed my 48 CJ2A behind my 59 Chevy pickup to Logan to meet up with Don.
We drove up Logan Canyon and turned left at the Beaver Mountain turnoff and then parked at a staging area a few hundred yards after the turnoff.
The area is beautiful and green this time of year. Just after getting started, we had to stop and let some air out of my tires. I had them pumped up pretty hard for the towing.
Here’s Quinn, Don’s up in the trees.
Our first stop was at the crash site of a C-46 Commando transport plane that crashed hauling GI’s back home from the Korean War. Very sobering place, and one that makes me grateful once again for those that have gone before us and paved the way for our freedom. Here’s a little report that someone else did on the crash site.
https://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/visit-to-plane-crash-site-fish-haven-id-4513
We traveled along mostly well maintained dirt roads and made serveral turns that I lost track of. Don said we traveled up Danish Pass. Before getting there we took a little sidetrip on a spur that took off to the left. It was pretty rough and steep. Itried to video the trip up the hill while driving with one hand. A bad way tovideo, and a bad way to drive.
[video=youtube;giffmvNDlNY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giffmvNDlNY[/video]
Later we went up German Dug way. This is a rocky and steep “road”that is pretty challenging, but you are rewarded with spectacular views. Here are a couple of pictures.
Looking back at the road we just came up.
Down the valley.
And at the top we took this poser shot.
Down at the bottom of the dug way was this sign. There was one just like at the other end.
We made a stop at the Paris Ice Caves. Here's Don and Quinn standing on the pile of dirty ice still in the cave here at the end of the summer.
We continued on down the hill to the town of Paris Idaho.Don’s wrangler is only registered for off road. We thought we could get away with just dropping into this little townand getting some lunch at the local café. We weren’t on the pavement 50 feet when a BearLake County Idaho sheriff’s pickup rolled by. He pulled us over and gave Don a ticked for nolicense plate. LHe was then nice enough to let us drive to the café for lunch and then gave usback road directions over to Green canyon (said we already had the ticket so weshould be ok) where we made our return trip back to the trucks.
Here’s a lame video on the return trip. I wasn’t sure if Iwas actually taping or not, but you at least get a little idea of the terrainand the road conditions.
[video=youtube;cx7t7IQM1tI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx7t7IQM1tI[/video]
Fun day, fun ride. (Except for the ticket)
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