Scott Turner Wrote:
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> While not necessarily helpful to the OP, I thought
> I’d point out that there are backcountry
> specific GPS apps that are designed for
> backcountry exploring/overlanding and work far
> better in that role than Google Maps. Two that
> I’ve used and recommend are OnX Off-road, and
> Gaia. These are subscription services, though not
> terribly pricey. Overkill if you don’t do this
> sort of thing regularly especially since Google
> maps is free, but great for those who do.
>
> That said…. I moved to Colorado in 1971, just
> missing the final days of the Grande, but did get
> to watch the early years of the C&TS. I didn’t
> know too many who were into this sort of thing
> back then, so no real mentors. My early ventures
> on the east side were done with poor quality
> forest service maps, out of date topo’s and
> intuition/outright guesswork. I had a blast and
> made some awesome memories. Don’t get me wrong
> - I use and appreciate the latest tools and good
> information obtained in advance from groups like
> this for my adventures these days. But
there’s
> something to be said for just playing the
> “let’s see if this road takes me anywhere”
> game sometimes.
Scott,
Love your attitude, though I had some directions back in the 1990's, it still really boiled down to what you stated there at the end, you really just have to take your first step out there and do your best at reading the maps, etc... Some of the Charters that I chased back in the 90's helped me find the way too, for they would unload the charter members to do a run by I could see the smoke from the locomotive and then drive towards the smoke and by the time I got to where they were, they had backed the locomotives up and had the group loading back up and I still could get some decent stills, out there in the boonies. Whiplash seems to be one of those places that Charters loved to do run bys, but to me the sagebrush in that area makes it not so fun to do unless you do what James Parfrey did 2021 by standing on top of your rig to avoid all the brushand the people.
Still a Student,
Dave
