Solo Bikepacking Ogden Utah to Ashton Idaho in 3 days via back roads and bicycle trails

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I went from Ogden to Ashton in 3 days via back roads and bicycle trails. I went through Jackson then over to Teton Pass and eventually made it to Ashton. It was a little over 300 miles with pretty large climbs.
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All right, I'm leaving tomorrow morning,
but I got this massive suite
before I head up through Cache tomorrow.
So this is bathroom number one.
And here is the little kitchen area.
Shelly left a little stuff out.
And then if you go through here,
taking a video,
you go through here,
you can see there's the fireplace and the TV.
The fireplace does not work.
But this view is awesome.
It's right downtown.
And we have this massive window
that we can, of course, open and close.
But if we turn all the lights off,
we basically have this really neat view
that no one can really see in.
It's kind of cool.
You can close away your master bedroom door,
which is cool.
So we have a closet.
You can kind of see.
You can see the rest of the room
a little bit more backlit from the city.
And they have a dinette,
and they have an office,
which is really cool.
The master bedroom,
where Shelly's hiding out in the blankets,
has a massive TV.
Huge TV.
And then we have this massive bathroom to go along,
which is bigger than, I feel like,
our room, the bathroom.
So this is our bathroom.
And like, if we wanted to,
we can turn on the part or all.
You can see when you turn it on.
It's a nice little light.
And a light over the toilet,
which is sweet.
All right, so this is our massive suite.
I'm a reward member,
so I got.
Oh, vaginal health alignment.
All right, so that is the room.
That is the bike.
All ready to go.
I'm all ready to go
and head up to the great big north tonight.
Shelly and I get to enjoy Washington Boulevard
in downtown Ogden.
Good morning, Ogden.
All right, well, very interesting night here.
And now I just gotta find the river trail
so I don't get hit by somebody.
And the craziness that happens.
Here we are.
Through here, Ogden, river paths.
Real strange people.
All right, so we just made it
on top of Ogden Canyon.
It is kind of crazy.
The only way to get up here
is by going early in the morning.
Otherwise, you'll be run over by somebody.
It's very narrow and doesn't have really much like area.
Anyway, so I'm gonna make a left on that road
where those cars went.
And I'm gonna go on the other side of the reservoir.
I'm gonna hug this right here
and maybe just hit some single track this morning,
get off and show you some of the lake.
But yeah, Ogden Canyon is the easiest way to Cache Valley.
You just have one more climb after this.
It's pretty steep, but it's like all at once,
so it's pretty easy.
All right, so there's this bike trail
that runs along the lake for a few miles.
It's nice because, yeah, you go really slow.
But I had some time to kill,
so I decided to go on the trail.
However slow it may be for me.
Straight up the hill.
Then be on the busy road.
So that was nice.
It's really pretty in here too.
A lot of flowers and a big lake,
a reservoir.
They do a good job keeping the trail really wide.
Yeah, it's really pleasant.
Let's hope it stays that way.
Anyway, so I'm gonna get to Eden.
There's a coffee shop that opens in a couple minutes.
So that's what I'm waiting for.
And then I had a huge climb up into Cache
and then I think it's like 70 miles through Cache Valley
from south to north.
So it'll be a really interesting day.
Hot and brutal.
That's day one.
And then hopefully I'll make it to Oneida.
So that's the goal, is to get to Oneida.
But with all this sidetracking I'm doing,
I don't know if I'll make it.
It is beautiful though.
Oh, look, it's a deer.
All right.
So I'm in Eden.
Eden has a bunch of stuff to eat and drink
and has nightlife and has a grocery store.
I went to a coffee shop named The Drip
and it's pretty good.
They have nitro, cold brew,
which is weird to have in any community,
much less Eden.
I'm pretty impressed.
They have a Maverick.
They have everything that you would need
to resupply if it was really hot.
I'm making a suggestion here.
And you didn't wanna go and bicycle down
on 100 degree heat.
So the key is I'm gonna go
almost 100 miles to the gorge,
going this way through Cache Valley
and a little bit of Huntsville area
and Eden and Liberty.
And then I'm gonna drop into,
I'm gonna drop into Logan
and across that whole Cache Valley.
Hopefully all the way to the end in one day,
including the bike ride from Ogden to here.
I gotta get some miles in,
so I'll start filming when we get too close to the top.
All right, so I'm at Liberty Pioneer Monument,
which is really cool.
And they have all the history.
That's cool.
The town.
The park is really sweet.
Has water and a trash can, which is awesome.
So I'm taking two seconds to do this.
Take River Road instead of being on the main drag
because it's really dangerous.
But River Road has like zero traffic on it this morning.
But it is Sunday,
so I'm sure there's like times it gets busy,
but that was perfect.
They have water here and a trash can,
which is really sweet.
So I'm gonna finish my coffee.
I'm gonna throw that away
and then bike over the pass out of Huntsville.
You can see how high up you end up going,
even just to this point.
So Liberty's really high up.
And then just straight up there.
All right.
So it's been pretty empty on the dirt road so far.
And I got switchbacks, going for a while.
And then I get to the top, which isn't that bad.
It's about, I think, maybe a 2,000 foot climb.
No big deal.
And then down into Cache,
down, down, down, basically all the way to Logan,
which is kind of cool.
So that's why I like going this way.
It's like, you know,
easy to get up Ogden Canyon in the morning.
Please don't try to do that in like midday
because you'll hate your life.
It's like clearly just a morning canyon for bicyclists.
Anyway.
And then make your way to Eden,
where they have a coffee shop, a grocery store, everything.
It's like, why would you go the other way?
Anyway.
And then you can see the view over Huntsville.
It's amazing.
So that's what I'm doing.
All the way to the top.
All right.
So I made it on top of the pass.
You can see it goes basically straight up from Huntsville,
you know, and then you go through,
excuse me, Eden,
and then Eden to Liberty,
and then past the shooting range.
And then it just goes basically straight up.
I did a pretty good time.
It's only 8.30.
I left Ogden at six.
So that's not too bad at two and a half hours
to get to the top.
And now all of this is Cache County.
All before me is Cache County.
So that's all downhill.
I like this road a lot
just because there's basically no traffic on it.
Excuse me, which I appreciate
because, you know,
I mean, it's also a really good spot in general.
Like if you left, you know, say the afternoon,
you went over the Ogden Divide
and you could do the trail over the Ogden Divide over there,
which I've done before.
And then you get to this point and you nap
or you go to sleep for the night,
doing how much you want to do.
And then, you know, it's really cool up here.
And so you get a nice night's rest
and across Cache Valley,
hopefully you can get to the other side,
which is always important because if you don't make it,
it's a heat dome.
It's pretty hot in there.
So the wind is pushing our direction, so that's good.
All right, so the town I'm coming into is Paradise.
I think you can see why they call it that.
It's really, really green through here
just because of the water.
So it's a beautiful place.
You'll see the downtown.
I'll film a little bit of it.
And then Hiram and then Logan.
Anyway, I go from Eden to Liberty to Paradise to Hiram.
I think I might be missing one.
Can't remember all of them, but anyway.
Back roads of Logan.
I just passed Crumb Brothers.
This is how I normally go through when I have to.
I go on 3 West.
Goes by Crumb Brothers, I get a baguette.
Then I go through Airport Road, follow the Bear River North,
which some tells me it's gonna be a little harder
this afternoon because the wind seems to be in my face.
So I'll just take it easy and we'll pass Logan.
All right, so I'm right next to the Bear River
outside of Malga.
I just need some shade for a minute.
And then I'll be pushing my way to the park
to get some water.
And then after getting some water, I go Trenton.
And then I think I'm gonna take a break
outside of Trenton.
That's the goal, so Bear River.
Welcome to Preston, Idaho.
So I made it.
It's only 2.30 and in about less than 10 miles,
I'll be at 90 plus miles.
And a little bit after that at 100.
So I'm gonna try to find a place to sleep soon.
Not that I can keep going,
it's just I don't need to keep going.
So today is just a short day-ish where I do 90 miles.
Which is fine, I'll just take it easy.
Cool off when I can, relax.
Hopefully the clouds come back again
because they were here for a while, that was awesome.
All right, well, Preston, Idaho.
All right, I made it to Oneida.
The Narrows, the Gorge, whatever the hell you wanna call it.
It's definitely a gorge.
Oneida Potato, folks.
Just give you a heads up on that one.
Anyway, this is the Bear River.
Cuts right through this beautiful place.
About three miles until I get to the campground
and I'm about 100 miles in.
So I think I'm gonna call it quits.
It's only freaking 3.30.
Anyway, I'll take it, you know.
Honestly, things go smooth
and you're able to make it that far.
Just take the victory
and here's some time to relax a little bit.
After all, it was almost probably
four or 5,000 feet of elevation
in this 100 mile ride, so not bad.
Anyway, here's the gorge, back way.
You can basically go the back way from Logan
to this part.
This is kind of an extension of that.
Very low traffic, but there is some, as you can see.
Anyway, so that's it.
Once I get to Red Point and see how packed it is,
I'll just keep going until I find something.
Anyway, over.
Welcome to Red Point Campground.
This is the century mark.
So I'm taking the rest of the day out.
It's $5 a night.
I'm gonna create a big site for $5.
Very sweet, flat.
Boom.
I have my bed set up in the Spark Zero
with the silk sheet liner,
I don't have a bag liner.
I put it on the outside this time of year.
I don't know if it shows in between,
but it connects like that.
Pretty nice.
Silk is pretty sweet to have,
so I kind of use it as a,
just like a regular sleeping bag.
I don't know, except for the silk is on the outside.
That's what I was trying to say.
I'm sorry, I'm a little out of it
after the hondo miles and this heat.
My pad's not deflating, so that's good.
I was worried there for a minute.
So anyways, that's the ultralight Static V,
and everything is really ultralight,
but it'll keep you cool down to the 30s
if you add the jacket.
So that's what I do.
Plus, I have a double wall tent.
Keeps it warm.
I have a really big one,
because if it rains,
it's just easier to get things done.
Now I'm supposed to have my,
I must have forgot my tarp.
Oh, that's a shame.
I really like having a tarp.
Just go around.
Anyway, so that's it.
I just kinda keep my tent and my jackets there.
Food.
Breaking out and practicing my bear bag skills
before I get into grizzly territory.
So when I get there, I'm fucked.
This is considered the Wasatch Range.
The very northern part of the Wasatch, actually.
Not a lot of Utahns come up this way.
Exploring it for a while,
and my sister-in-law used to have part ownership
of the Maple Grove Hot Springs,
so that's the weird irony.
And you can see it says high water hazard zone.
When there's an alarm, run for your life,
because you're gonna fuckin' die.
That canyon might be a good place to go,
but you'll probably die.
Anyway, so that's 100 miles,
and this campground's perfectly placed,
since I don't wanna do more than 100.
Bear maze.
And that's about it.
That's all my stuff that I use.
I'm gonna make sure everything's empty at night,
so I just have to be really diligent
about eating what I have and not overpacking,
because I can't just leave it in my bag.
So, there you go.
My head's in the way.
This is my view from my campsite.
Pretty decent.
I imagine it's probably gonna fill in.
But it is 7.17.
I got here at 3.30, or 3.40, actually.
So, that's what we set up.
The tarp outside, I just don't really like.
I don't care.
I mean, let's just be honest.
I got this tent on sale,
and it is probably the best tent I've ever had.
It's better than the MSR.
By far better than the MSR.
It does everything that I wanted it to, and more.
Pretty pleased with it.
It has, you know, obviously the Rainfly,
which is sweet, but it's the 15D, it's not the 20D.
Which, weirdly enough, is more expensive,
so I don't understand how that plays out.
Super light.
It is slightly less weather-proof,
but I've been through many storms with it already,
and I have not one drop of water.
No condensation, either.
With the VIC-2, which I owned before,
and I used on my other journeys,
having a single wall has its limitations,
and even in the desert, it gets really nasty.
Anyway, I'm over single-wall tents.
I never do.
So, I'm prepping.
Everything that is smelly is in the bag.
Not that I need it here,
because nothing is scary here, except a skunk.
And that's about it.
A lot, or three years ago,
I toured through this area, wait one sec.
To continue what I was saying,
this campsite's only five dollars,
and each spot's five bucks,
and it's first-come, first-served.
It is very frequently used for the reservoir.
So, the dam is right up there,
you can see the sign that says,
you're dead if it makes a noise.
It's true, we're dead.
So, the only bad part is,
is that people come flying through
at like 40 miles an hour at a campground
with full of children.
But for five dollars, I guess I can't complain.
So, I mean, some people go slow.
I feel like that guy needs to go slow.
Most people go to Maple Grove,
and I just didn't want to do Maple Grove.
I wanted to stay here,
because it was five bucks,
as opposed to eight bucks, or something.
Maybe it's 17, I don't know.
We can check tomorrow, get up there.
So, tomorrow morning, I'm gonna push up there.
I don't think there's water.
So, that's another thing I have to do,
is I need to hunt down water tomorrow.
I have about a liter and a half for this evening.
I'm gonna drink as much as I can,
and drink until I run out tomorrow morning,
where it's cooler.
And here's the dude that keeps coming back and forth.
Sweet.
Good morning.
It's a park right at Oneida Reservoir.
And they got like a little dock.
It's all, from what I understand, free.
For day use, pretty much.
That's about it.
So, now I'm gonna head over that way,
across the wall, all the way across this.
Just to Maple Grove Hot Springs,
and then I'll be out of here.
So, that's the plan.
All right.
It's a pretty painting.
I'm gonna take a photo of that.
But this is where the road connects here to Oneida.
Follows the Bay River.
It has very large climbs, no matter which way you go.
So, just remember that.
Climb in, then down for a while, then climb,
and either way you're climbing, it's Idaho.
So, there's the junction.
I'm gonna follow this road up to Neater,
and then Neater to Grace.
And that's basically the tip.
Soda Springs is the tip of the Wasatch.
So, I'll have a little bit more on that when I get there.
All right, so, Neater, Neater Cave.
I'm going in a cave, cave.
What you gonna do, Mafe, Mafe?
In a cave.
If you go in a cave, it gets real creepy.
It's a cave.
It's actually a lava bloom.
Anyway, don't wanna be in this thing, lava tube.
I don't wanna be in this thing
if there's some quaking and shaking.
So, Clay Aiken.
Sounds to me like I gotta come.
I'm at the state route,
the intersection of state route 34 and 30.
And I'm about to go east.
That is the very tip top,
or the tip, northern tip of the Wasatch Range.
So, you can see, followed it all the way here.
And now I'm saying goodbye to the Wasatch.
And I'm now moving into
I would say, yeah, the Wyoming Range, almost.
That's where I'm probably gonna be around,
which is bear country.
So, today I'm moving into bear country.
So, I gotta be really careful today.
And that's about it.
This is it, Idaho.
Pretty.
Loud, though.
You know, I get to eat great food in front of a geyser.
My last bit of civilization until Alpine, basically.
So, sweet.
Great place to stop.
I even got coffee, too.
They got a good cup of cold brew.
I mean, this place has got it all going on.
And then they got that, natural soda spread.
So, 34 gets crazier and crazier.
That's probably because I'm getting near Jackson.
Like, as you get closer to Alpine, it gets crazy.
Anyway, so, I'm taking the cutoff road,
even though it probably takes me, like, 2,000 feet higher.
And then, it's dirt.
And I thought, hey, I'll get a break from dirt.
There's just car after car.
And I got a few miles to get there.
So, the nice thing is,
most people are polite and respectful.
Some aren't.
This is how it goes on these roads.
So, I have about, oh, there's an ant biting me.
I got a nice little shade spot in here,
probably shared with a moose or something crazy.
There's nothing around here, or anything.
I'm sure this is it.
So, I'm gonna head up into the wilderness.
There may or may not be grizzly.
So, I will have bells and whistles and everything.
Anyway, so, to the cutoff,
and hopefully, it's not that crazy of a climb,
but I imagine it is.
It looks pretty crazy from my angle.
I'm at the Caribou National Forest
on Henry's Cutoff Road, which I'm glad I did.
It actually did save me time.
I didn't wanna believe that Google Maps was correct,
because usually, there's always, like,
a little bit of a discrepancy between,
like, what this said and what can be done.
Anyway, this time, it's actually panned out.
It was pretty good.
Anyway, I am probably about 38 miles away from,
and I feel every mile I did today, for sure,
about 38 miles away from Alpine,
and that was the furthest I wanted to go for today.
I wanted to kind of stop there, possibly,
because tomorrow, I wanna go less miles,
but way bigger climb, and grizzly bear.
So, I have to go a little slower,
and just be more mindful, especially in here, too.
I should be pretty mindful in here, as well,
because you don't know.
I mean, I was in the Monte Cristos in Utah,
and definitely saw a grizzly.
So, it is possible to run into those things
when you're right next to a mountain range with them.
So, it's possible.
Anyway, so, right now, as it stands,
I'm gonna keep my head on a swivel,
make sure I don't run into any unsuspecting animals,
and possibly put on my music,
because I wanna make a loud noise in this little bear bell.
All right.
I made it to Star Valley.
It's really pretty, and I literally have the best weather
ever coming in here, considering what could've happened
to me, so, definitely have someone
on my shoulder right now, helping me out.
We got tailwind, so the last, you know, six miles,
seven miles are gonna be a little easier than normal,
hopefully, and I gotta get on that main road over there.
That's about it, and now I'm at, like,
120, 115 miles, something like that, I don't know.
It's a lot.
All right, I'll start filming when I get to Alpine.
This is what you get when you are a mother.
This is what you get when you get a bunch of rain.
Anytime you go on a bike ride with me,
this is what you get, it's coming down like a man.
Oh, well, at least I got my tent.
I think it's coming down so hard.
I think there's, like, sunny sky, I don't know.
Oh, well, at least my stuff's dry, most of it.
The other part's in the bike, and that's probably not dry,
but at least I can sleep dry.
It's gotten cold, which is nice.
I haven't been cold in a while.
Yeah, that's all I gotta say.
I'm gonna hang out in my shit.
That's about it, over.
All right, so I'm outside of the town of Alpine.
Now I have to be a little careful now.
I'm on this, like, kind of island
between the river and the mountain and the highway.
So, excuse me, I am now going to,
sorry, I gotta catch my breath, I'm tired.
Gonna have to do, like, over 100 a day again,
because I have to skip the storm.
So I have a 3,000 foot climb,
and then, actually 3,100 feet,
and then down to Victor, so I'll have a little rest there
once I get to that point.
And then I gotta push on the path
and get as close to Ashton as possible,
just so I can skip the storm coming from the south.
And hopefully it gets pushed out of my direction.
But there's no chance, but I get lucky.
I mean, maybe I do, I've gotten lucky this trip so far.
It's like, it rained on me yesterday all day.
Strangely enough, I didn't mind it.
It was like 85 degrees and overcast,
and everywhere I looked was sun,
and I was, like, covered in rain.
I really actually enjoyed it, so.
I gotta do 20 miles of this really shitty road,
and then I will be on a bike path.
So I just gotta be really mindful for the next,
oh, I don't know, shit ton of miles.
You can hear the cars.
So, yeah, Alpine, what a great place.
I stayed at Gray's RV Park for $15,
because I paid cash.
And then I ate at the diner across the street.
Good, wholesome American food.
They actually were super nice.
I got really good service.
They just helped me out,
and I really appreciate that kind of stuff.
And, you know, good service, and no issues, it's pretty good.
So that was really nice.
And then, yeah, everybody's been really actually nice
in all the local towns from, I have to say, like, Knitter.
That's how you say it, or Knitter.
Someone can correct me online if they want to.
I don't know what it is, or it's how it's pronounced.
I have to say the general store there,
the lady that works there is super, super nice.
She's very friendly.
So, yeah, that was really a highlight
of just actually talking to somebody,
because they give a shit.
Not many people do.
I didn't stop in Gray's at all,
but I'm sure they'd be nice in Gray's as well.
They have kind of, like, the funny thing is Gray's
is kind of, like, tacked on to the funny,
they're part of the Wasatch Range,
but they have, like, a mountain feel,
like more of a northern mountain feel with the Wasatch
as their backdrop, so it was really cool.
I have that on film.
And then outside of Gray's, DeSoto Springs,
that's a cool town.
People are really nice there too, friendly.
I went to the market there, so please go there as well.
Getting props out to everybody
who was super nice to me along the way.
And then there's my bicycle.
I hope that it continues,
because people have been really nice and friendly,
and yeah, it's been really cool.
The guy gave me a discount, like I said,
just for paying cash, so that was pretty cool.
Maybe it was Gray himself.
All right, I made it to Hoback Junction.
That was a gnarly 20 miles,
but now the rest of it's bike path,
or the rest, basically the rest of the way,
well, I guess it's a little short section,
but basically the rest of the way to Island Park
there's a bike path,
so I don't have to deal with motor vehicles that much more,
which I'm really stoked about.
It is scary.
Shoot, I don't suggest anyone do that road.
I went early in the morning,
and it took me the better part of, oh, two and a half hours,
two hours, maybe a little less than two and a half hours.
And I mean, it was just hard.
It was really, really hard.
Once you get to the bike path, though,
it is smooth sailing the rest of the way,
so that's the nice part,
and I'm gonna start taking my time
and just find a place to relax now that I'm here
and give myself a break
from the stress of riding on the road.
That's why I always give road cyclists props,
because, I mean, geez, the amount of cars
that you have to deal with on a daily basis is amazing.
It's pretty, oh, pretty difficult.
This is really beautiful here.
I'm lucky to have this spot here.
So the plan now is to head into Jackson on the bike path
and then up the bike path
to the top of the mountain, actually, which is really cool.
I couldn't believe it.
I didn't know there's a bike path
that would go up any mountain, so that's pretty cool.
Hope Utah starts doing the same stuff.
Made it to Jackson.
Now I got a crazy climb.
There they are, the Grand Teton on the bike path.
There is this pedestrian bridge slash bike trail
that they built next to that old crappy one
that they still use for cars.
Right next to the bike path,
I run into a dock next to this beautiful lake
fed by a crazy spring.
It's so beautiful and so cold,
which is nice, because I'm hot, ****.
It's pretty hot today, but this really made my day.
Take a few minutes to relax here.
All right, well, I'm looking down over Jackson.
It's about an hour and a half climb, fully loaded.
I bet you it's probably even better when you're not,
yeah, some guys on carbon and titanium bikes,
oh, like only a couple of them passed me,
but they were going quick, making me look like sauce.
Anyway, I'm at mile 50,
so I'm at the half-century mark.
So the last seven miles of this is just pure evil.
This road is super steep.
I don't know what you'd,
like, it's just absurd how steep this is,
all the way to the top,
and I'm sure I've got a little bit more, too.
But yeah, it's crazy for a bike path.
It's actually hard.
So many cars.
There's a bike path all the way up here, which is nice.
A lot of cars.
I gotta go down that road.
What a day.
Half-century done.
All mountain, holy crap.
That was a hard day already.
Already done over 3,000 feet.
I'll probably do another two or 3,000 feet
before the end of the night.
My body is killing me.
That's all right.
Get through it.
Find somewhere to sleep.
So on the backside, this is a crazy thing.
There's a brand new bike path,
looks like all the way to Victor,
and then it connects to the old dirt road
that goes to the top,
that connects to the bike path,
and there are trails, like, all the way up and down
the bike path that goes 3,000 feet in the air.
So that's pretty cool.
And then the trail down, I didn't take it.
I didn't even know it existed.
I didn't even look.
I just took the road,
but then the road ran into the bike path,
and I looked at the map.
Looks like that's the case.
So you basically can go from Hoback Junction,
like, all the way to Victor,
and then all the way north to Victor,
almost to Tetonia,
which then takes you to a bike path
that takes you all the way to West Yellowstone.
It's really true.
This whole thing is a total beauty place.
It's also really dangerous, too,
because there's grizzly in this place,
so you need to be very mindful
of how long I stay in one place.
I might hang out here for a minute,
but probably not.
I imagine, since not a lot of people use this path,
I can tell there's gonna be some wildlife,
so I gotta be really careful.
All right.
So we are at the train station at Victor,
where I'm following the old train line
all the way to Yellowstone, basically, Island Park.
But I might try to sneak away and do the rest of it,
because I'm already here.
It's like bike path, basically, the whole way here,
and the only mud, the funny thing is,
the only mud I encountered was on the road,
so go figure.
I got a pocket full of bread.
Should get me another, I'm done 60 miles,
and only 60.
Usually, I'm done by now,
but I went over a huge mountain,
so today's 250, get it to focus.
250.
So today, I knew it was gonna take me longer,
and now I have to do just as far as I normally do.
But I'm gonna figure out what I need to do,
and then I'll be on my way.
All right, they built these,
or redid these trestles from the old trains.
Pretty sweet.
They did this for four of them.
So along the way, we'll run into these every stop,
and yeah, they'll get progressively bigger,
I think, until the end.
So it's pretty neat.
There's a point where we have to go on the road again,
where it goes off, because it's public property,
or private property, but no big deal.
About 26 miles and a half miles to Ashton,
and hopefully, there's somewhere I could sleep.
Nah, I'll just call my wife and lay it up.
But once I get there, I'll be at 130-ish miles,
or something, 125 miles.
So I've had a long day.
But at least the last part of my day is a bike path,
so that's good news.
Kind of need hope when you're exhausted.
Hope, this is hope.
♪ This section, move to Joe Dog's house ♪
♪ They was watching your MTV racks ♪
♪ What's the hat from the traps? ♪
♪ Shake em up, shake em up, shake em up, shake em up ♪
♪ Move em in the circle of homies and watch me break em ♪
♪ With a seven, seven need leverage, seven need leverage ♪
♪ Seven need a back bone, no joke ♪
♪ I picked up the cash, bro, when we play bones ♪
♪ And I'm yelling, drop it, no guts, no body, I don't got you ♪
This is cool.
Today was a good day.
♪ A good day, a good day, a good day, I can't ♪
All right, so this is the first trestle.
Like the real one.
The last one I was on was just an old bridge or whatever,
but this is the actual huge trestle bridge.
It gives me sweaty palms to look over.
It's mighty high.
It's really cool.
Neato Topito.
All right, so the farmer stopped the trail
from being fully made.
And as a compromise,
they made this kind of like side path here
to kind of go along with it.
It's pretty, it's pretty sweet,
but I'd rather be on the ******* goddamn trail.
I mean, Jesus.
It's like right at the top too, you know?
Anyway, surrounded by cornfields.
So trestle, like actual trestle too.
For you railroad enthusiasts,
probably pick up on the feed.
This is the second one of the Ashton-Tetonia Trail.
And I think there's one more that's not quite as big,
but maybe it's bigger.
Who the hell knows?
I don't know anything because I haven't been there.
But each of these look about the same height almost.
It's really strange.
It's amazing what engineers did to get this bridge going.
It's really cool.
There's the Tetons over there.
It's amazing.
Really cool.
Not only is it historical, but it's also just beautiful.
All right, last trestle.
A gym trestle without a sweater though.
Holy moly, this is pretty as hell.
So yeah, every time I think,
hey, oh man, this one's not,
it isn't quite as big as the first one.
I mean, if you come from Tetonia.
But then they progressively get smaller,
but they're all pretty incredibly amazing
the way they're built.
Just really cool structure they make and engineering.
Oh man.
All right, so I think Ashton, Idaho
is the place for me.
I think I'm close to this and they kicked me off,
I think, up here after this bridge.
So I'm gonna find a place to camp for the night.
And hope it doesn't thunderstorm real hard on me
like it did last night.
But that's why I came up north.
Shower's gonna be clear up here.
Oh man, it's just really humid.
There are the Tetons.
It's pretty cool.
