WWR Day 23 Littlewood CG to Arco ID

WWR Day 23 Littlewood CG to Arco ID
Sun Aug  18, 2019

Distance 57.4
Start elevation 5230
End elevation 5302
High point  5700
Low point 4902
Climbing 1200?
Ride time 4:42
Total time about 6:00
Days bike camping: 16
Contiguous days riding : 6

The wind has died down over night and it is a nice and sunny day, again. Caretaker says it is suppose to get windy again. I hope it is from the west again, and is my aid
I get some more water from the boys, packup and leave.
Not sure if I will stay at Craters of the Moon National monument, or ride through to Arco.
I will make a call at the monument.

I follow the Little Wood River from campground. Homes start quickly that shift to irrigated fields. The river diminishes before I head east on a mix of gravel and paved roads. The wind is aiding my progress as I gain US Hwy 20, and pushes me as I climb toward the NM.
The wind is growing as I enter the lava fields.








A string of bicyclists start passing me on their unladened road bikes. Many are friendly and chatty and slow down to my loaded speed. I envy their skinny tires, but know they can't go the places I can.

I take lunch at the the visitor center and drink fresh cold water, yum. Dry riding and wind parches one faster. I decide to avoid camping in the dry, windy lava desolation and head to Arco.

I do drop my bags and explore the park a bit, and it is pretty gusty, swirling around phantasms of lava.



I retrieve my paniers and head down, ad the part is the high point for the day.
I make amazing time on the highway and firgo a few extra dirt miles to get to town earlier, as I need to shop and research options for the next sections.

As I roll into Arco, I see the cliffs that watch over the town are adorned with numbers left by the various graduating classes. Entertaining local color, as is the Pickle b Place Restaurant where refuel mad enjoy a local Idaho brew.




Comments

  1. wOwAugust 20, 2019 at 7:22 AM

    Yeah, ur bike all fixed up nice in Hailey.

    Ah, I see ur next leg in thru the land of reactors, past and present. Don't linger and risk absorbing a glow.😱

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  2. DonAugust 27, 2019 at 10:44 AM

    I like the photo with the log stairs.
    It makes the people at the top look like leprechauns.

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    1. OuttaDoorsDanAugust 27, 2019 at 1:22 PM

      Log stairs??! what stairs??

      I was following the wee Ones to the pot o' gold

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