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Pioneer Cabin

Lisa Thompson

Saturday, 11 March 2017

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August 22, SaturdayThis would be our last ride of the summer together. Our route would be up the East Fork of the Hyndeman creek to Pioneer Cabin and down Johnstone Creek, a nice loop of about twelve miles. I called Martina on our way to pick up Carol and the horses, and with very short notice, she met us at East Fork road and we drove out across t...

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Summit Creek

Lisa Thompson

Monday, 06 March 2017

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August 15. Our 23rd anniversaryCarol wanted to drive her big fancy new truck today, which delighted us because our old Ford has about a billion miles on it and the drive up Trail Creek Road to Summit Creek is a hard pull up a steep crazy road. Should have named that road Vertigo Road.The trail starts right out with a simple creek crossing and then ...

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Oregon Gulch to Fox Creek

Lisa Thompson

Wednesday, 01 March 2017

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Friday, July 24.There's a funny little place north of Ketchum where an rustic old store sits on the side of the road. Behind it is a number of little cabins and trailers. The place whispers of early Ketchum and the 1960's. "North Fork Store" is what the sign reads, but the store is long closed and I'm always curious about the people that live back ...

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Taylor Canyon

Lisa Thompson

Friday, 24 February 2017

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Sheila wrote to me after that ride to Grand Jean. "Great story Lisa!!! Can't call you a scardy cat! I love your reports and pictures... I agree, that would have been too big a step for Commotion. Thanks Sheila" I loved the idea that I was getting her out of her big brown chair, even if only in her imagination.Thursday, July 149:00 AM. Still a bit c...

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Grand Jean

Lisa Thompson

Saturday, 18 February 2017

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August 7. For days I fretted whether to take Commotion on our three day girls trip to the back country. It could be a good experience for him, but I feared it might be over his head. The trails up there are gnarly and ragged, and if he could not handle it, the repercussions could be pretty tragic. Finally I determined that if I was this doubtf...