As Frenchie said I made it home last night. Twenty days and 5495 miles later I can really appreciate my own bed and sleeping past 5 am.
No matter what Trail Seeker and FrenchieXJ say, I was not the leader of this group. While I may have suggested the trip and picked the dates both of them provided what I consider true leadership in the field with navigation and handling of the minor setbacks we encountered along the way. Trail Seeker was the pathfinder for most of the trip and without his GPS we would have been looking for the BDR roads for several weeks instead of days. When the GPS came into question Frenchie's map reading skills put us on the right path. Having said that, I would recommend that anyone considering this trip have both items at your disposal. The GPS kept us moving at a good pace but the Butler BDR map was invaluable for planning ahead and verifying the correct path. Either will get you there but both enabled us to do it in better time.
And now, as they say, for the rest of the story.
As has been told there were 5 people and 4 vehicles that left Jarbidge, NV on July 15, 2018. My trek across TX was uneventful other than run-ins with Bob Marley. I picked up FrenchieXJ in his Tacoma and Trail Seeker and Marie Laveau with their Jeep and trailer in Rio Rancho, NM. We then convoyed to driller's house in UT for an overnight and rolled through downtown Jarbidge the afternoon of July 14.
Jarbidge was definitely not what I was expecting. The stories I'd heard was that there was nothing there but a single gas pump and some places to park. It's actually a bustling little summer get away. Main street was lined with cabins and the main mode of transportation appeared to be side-by-sides. Trail Seeker, driller, and I parked in the center of town while FrenchieXJ scouted ahead looking for a suitable place to camp for the night.
We wound up next to a small creek on the south end of town that allowed us to experience the FULL length of the BDR when we headed out on Sunday morning.
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