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On Oct 23, 2007, at 9:16 AM, CTH wrote:

> The reason all the Owyhee riders look so good is the natural derma  
> abrasion from the sand and winds.
> I love riding there. The area heals the soul.

Yes it does!  Owyhee county is mostly public land (Bureau of Land  
Management) and very few people - maybe 5000 people in an area the  
size of New Jersey!. It's easy to imagine that one is all alone in  
the world out here. We don't have the population pressure (yet!) so  
the public access is pretty much unlimited. Ranchers still make their  
living on the land - pushing their cattle into the mountains in the  
summer,  grazing the sagebrush in the winter. Corn, potatoes, sugar  
beets, alfalfa, hay - hot summers and water pumped from the Snake  
River or channeled from the mountain streams. A few ATV's and  
motorcyclists come out this way on weekends, but it's very rare to  
actually see anybody else during a day's ride. Lots of sunshine (not  
much water) and wide open spaces. It's definitely good for the soul :)

Steph

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