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Re: [RC] Owyhee Spa - Steph Teeter


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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