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Motorcycle ride from Boise to Lower Stanley with friends. Map of the Lower Stanley Loop. Just north of Lower Stanley on ID-75. The Walker Fire obscured the skyline that day.
It rotates from Boise through northbound Hwy 21 to Lowman, westbound Hwy 17 to Banks, southbound Hwy 55 and eastbound State St. Hwy 21 is known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway, stretching 130 miles from Boise to Stanley.
Carson Pass - Mammoth Lakes - Tioga Pass. Tim Morgan, then from Redwood Estates, joined me on a 600 mile motorcycle weekend out to Mammoth Lakes. We left San Jose around 3pm. Slabbed up 101 and 680 to 84 then over Patterson Pass to 580. A 20 unit motel situated in the tall pines of Woodfords, about 5 minutes from Markleeville. After leaving Bridgeport and stopped for a bite at this cafe.
Hwy 55 is otherwise known as the Payette River Scenic Byway, and runs about 112 miles from Eagle to New Meadows.
Swan Falls Ride - December 2004. Map of the 85mi Swan Falls loop. Several miles south of Kuna is this scenic overlook from Dedication Point of Snake River Canyon.