The picture above was taken on the Mahogany Trail looking east toward the Teton Range. The Mahogany Trail is 15 miles long and has 2,800 ft of climbing. The ride is mostly through forest and leads up to a high meadow called Elk Flat. One of the riders showed us a sheep camp where a spring provided pure drinking water for our lunch. For those that want to go further, the ride continues all the way to the top of Garn’s Peak, the highest point in the Big Hole Mountains
On this ride I lost my phone on the trip back to the trailers. Summer growth along the trail was thick. There was no hope of finding the phone by going back up the trail. I was resigned to my fate of being $75 poorer, not having my best ever phone case, somehow getting another phone as fast as possible, the hassle of applying for a copy of my driving license and going to the bank for a new debit card.
It didn't occur to me until I got back to Pocatello that I had used my computer a long time ago to find my phone. I knew there was no time to waste. The phone would be dead before morning. Finding the site on the internet was easy and in no time, I had the phone's location shown on a google map, plus the phones coordinates in latitude and longitude. Because I use Google and my phone is a Samsung the site I used was Google find my Device. The picture below shows what the site looks like. This example is where my phone was while writing his story.
It didn't occur to me until I got back to Pocatello that I had used my computer a long time ago to find my phone. I knew there was no time to waste. The phone would be dead before morning. Finding the site on the internet was easy and in no time, I had the phone's location shown on a google map, plus the phones coordinates in latitude and longitude. Because I use Google and my phone is a Samsung the site I used was Google find my Device. The picture below shows what the site looks like. This example is where my phone was while writing his story.
Well the story has a good and bad ending. The bad part is was I had to drive 4 hours and take another 8-mile ride to get the phone. The good ending is I found the phone safe and sound. It was hidden deep in brush and it would never be found otherwise by anybody. So, if you lose your phone (or someone steals it), get on the computer right away and find its location, either as an address or if off road then with latitude and longitude. You might be mortified to realize that you need the GPS app on your phone to find your phone.
Etiquette for trail users (https://youtu.be/gFj3J6YIlzo)
Idaho is blessed with thousands of square miles of open public land. However, access to the back country is by a network of fragile trails. Just as our roads need constant repair so do back country trails. When trails become washed out or blocked by natural downfall and overgrowth, people stop using them. Under use of a trail is as bad as over use. Horse back riders, hikers, back packers, mountain bikers, and trail runners, all share the same trail. PRBCH would like to promote cooperation among these trail users through planning, volunteer service, public education, and negotiation with government agencies.
The Federal government owns 61.6% of Idaho, only exceeded a little bit by Utah 64.9%, and a lot by Alaska 84.9%. Idaho has the greatest percent of its land in national forests 38.2%. And, while only 2.58% of the lower continental United States is designated as wilderness, Idaho contains 4.8 million acres of wilderness, 3rd largest in the U.S..
