Another 3200 miles, Overcrest Rally '22 trip report Options

[Optimusglen]

The trip has come and gone and as promised here is a trip report. It was, in a word, wonderful.

My report for last year's OC Rally is here if you're interested, it sets the stage a bit for my, my car, the rally, etc.

Of course, my build thread here with some updates and fixes before I left.


After the success of last year's OC Rally, I was excited to find out what they had in store for this year. It had all the ingredients of a great time: the spirit of adventure, a limited group size, non-snobbery of driver/vehicle selection, and time spent with friends old and new.

The location shifted north, and was now in early September to better avoid potential snow or cold weather. Our starting point: Challis Idaho.

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Just like last year, getting to the start was a battle of it's own. Sure, the car was "proven" now, 3400 miles to Utah was likely to work out most of the bugs, but there were some things I had done in the interim, and old cars are always a mystery it seems.

Now, my schedule the week before was a little hairy too. That Tuesday was my daughter's first day of kindergarten and I wasn't about to miss getting her off the bus. So Tuesday evening I hit the road. Destination: the middle of nowhere North Dakota.

[bbrock]

Loving the report! You drove within 3 road miles of my house. I'm trying to pinpoint the 25 mile gravel stretch. Assuming it was south of your marked route since you were at Clark Canyon Reservoir. Was it the road from Clarke Canyon to Leadore? I haven't driven that road much west of the lake. Looks like a good one to explore.

[Optimusglen]

Loving the report! You drove within 3 road miles of my house. I'm trying to pinpoint the 25 mile gravel stretch. Assuming it was south of your marked route since you were at Clark Canyon Reservoir. Was it the road from Clarke Canyon to Leadore? I haven't driven that road much west of the lake. Looks like a good one to explore.

Out of curiosity, I did some searching and found the gravel section I did. I was pretty close in my estimate! 24.3 miles

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Lemhi Pass


What I didn't know, and what Google didn't tell me (probably because I didn't have service, or a road map) is that I could have gone straight and stayed on paved roads. The route would have been longer in distance, but given the speed I was driving, vs the speed I would have been driving, it would have taken less time and kept my glass in one piece.


doh!

[bbrock]

What I didn't know, and what Google didn't tell me (probably because I didn't have service, or a road map) is that I could have gone straight and stayed on paved roads. The route would have been longer in distance, but given the speed I was driving, vs the speed I would have been driving, it would have taken less time and kept my glass in one piece.


doh!

Interesting route. Having service probably wouldn't have changed things. I've noticed Google has gone from adequate to horrible in these parts over the last year. On almost every trip it tries to route me down some gawdawful rutted dirt roads just to shave a quarter mile off the trip. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)

The worst example was in a more civilized part of the country though. Last spring the wife and I were headed south out of Des Moines to Kansas City when Google detected a detour on I-35 and tried to reroute us all the way to I-29 to avoid it. I stupidly followed the new route for a few miles before noticing a 2 hour trip had suddenly ballooned to almost 4. Redirected to the original route ignoring Google's protests and the detour turned out to be about a 2 mile section that required getting off the Interstate and dropping speed to about 45 mph. Added 10 minutes at most to the trip.

Too bad I didn't know you were passing through. We could have thrown a window from my stash into your door. At that point, I'm guessing you just wanted to make miles toward home.