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Day ride part-3 of 4

From the top of Black Mountain a long zoom with my camera shows lake Ponderay at Sandpoint, over 20 miles away. It is a big area lake!














Lunch over and heading back down the mountain. Stacy leading the way back. The last few miles to get here is actually barely a road. Mostly rocks and very narrow. I wouldn't want to attempt it on anything but a ATV! They do have to service several support buildings at the antennas as well as fill a propane tank that's there to. Power comes from a line of power poles up a side of the mountain from down in our area. Don't know why they'd need propane, but I do know that there can be over 6 feet of snow at this place in winter. We noticed new security camera's all over the place now to. It just takes stuff like idiots shooting up the old outhouse and toilet and leaving trash all over to wreck it for others!

Stacy's father Selby on his way to on the Yamaha. He's 88 years old and really likes the quad rides.





Last photo from this set is at a break on the way back down. It was getting pretty late and about 4:00 Pm, but as we went down the temps went up! So we stopped in the shade to take a break. Came across a lot of people this time up. Actually more than in a long time. We've been told many are going for the local wild berry, the Huckleberry, and trying to find the early ripe ones from the cooler and wetter Spring than usual. Still all green too! I know lots of areas can't still say that in our old area of California!
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