skysworldadventures

We got up on day 2 of our trip to a beautiful sunrise. The sun first hitting the peak. The whole ridge turning orange.   After breakfast we decided to go for a bit of a day hike.  Jeff had read that there was a way to make a big loop.  Part of the loop was trail and part was not.  We thought we'd give it a go.  We followed the chain of lakes and the stream that connected them up several hundred feet. Stream. Another lake. Th water in these high mountain lakes was so clear that you could see the fish.  Jeff thought it was pretty funny that I was trying to take pictures of the fish in the water. Apparently the stock these lakes with fish.  How weird is that? Fish. Yet another lake! We hiked up a really steep pass called "Windy Devil Pass" to get up and over the ridge.  The view was spectacular.  We could see 3 lakes from the top. Jeff and I at the top of Windy Devil Pass View from Windy Devil Pass ...

I know, not as exotic or exciting as SE Asia, but it was a great trip.  Jeff and I headed out after work on Friday and drove up to Challis.  It gave us one last chance for a bed and a shower before the trip. As we were driving in the smoke was terrible.  Jeff was joking that we were driving in to Mordor.  Challis a small town that it appears no one has ever heard of and stayed at a small hotel for $45 for the night.  We found a great little breakfast place on our way out of town and then drove another hour to the trail head.  The smoke on the drive up to Challis. At the start of our hike up the Little Boulder Creek trail it looks like Arizona or southern Utah.  Lots of rocks and sagebrush.  You can't see the mountains hiding in the middle of the hills.  With that being said there was a lot of up.  It's been a while since I've gone backpacking, the first mile was rough.  After that I seemed to get warmed u...

I feel like I need to say something to wrap up this trip. It was a fantastic adventure.   It was amazing if you just look at the number of different types of transportation that it took to get through this adventure. It started with planes. A prop plane, a small jet engine plane and then a really big plane. There were 2 different busses, 16 passenger vans, shuttles and tuk tuks (motor cycle in front with a 2 person cart behind), a cyclo (passenger seat in bicycle powered vehicle) and boats. There were dozens of feries, big and small, passenger boats, floating villages and markets, speed boats and long tail boats. And last but not least, the bikes. Between the three countries I was on 3 different bikes. And there was a lot of walking that happened as well. We met an amazing assortment of people from the people that went with us on the adventure from Boise, the guides that helped us along our journey and the people we met along the way. I would like to say one more time...

Being lazy and smooshing 2 days in to one blog entry. From Bangkok we took a short domestic flight to Phuket. Asia Air is the Southwest Airlines of southeast Asia. From the air port we had a driver with a "Mr. Logan" sign waiting for us who whisked us and out baggage to the marina. We had pastries and drinks waiting for us before the speed boat departed. Our luggage was loaded on to the boat and off we went. It was an hour of crazy fast, choppy, bone wrenching, occasionally drenching, wind whipping, wave hopping insanity to get to out little island. When all was said and done I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to comb my hair out again. The resort and the views in are amazing. I was mostly unable to take pictures between the spray and the huge chop. Our room is it's own little cabin. There is a sleeping area, an open area with a private out door shower, living room and sink and a second walled area with a second shower and toilet. It is beautiful and lu...

This was the last day of riding. So sad to be at the end! It was a mix of city riding which was crazy and frightening and pleasant riding along the beach. The hotel was fantastic and had a beach again. This time the activity of choice was attempting to body surf. The waves really were not quite big enough but the group spent quite a bit of time trying anyway. After the swimming came the drinking. A few rounds were purchased. Jeff and I missed out on a couple since we had an emergency run for ice cream. By the time we got back they had apparently done some coaching of the bar staff on how to make a good blended drink. Jeff and I were encouraged to get caught up with the rest of the group. We tried. Some how 9 of us decided that skinny dipping in the ocean was a brilliant idea. Since nothing went wrong, it kind-of seems like it was. A good way to end a great adventure. The morning of the last day or riding. A temple we stopped at for a quick break. Th...