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Yes it is! Sorry about that.

That would depend on what you are looking for in a road, but in general no I wouldn't, they are both equally spectacular! 16 has more amenities, more traffic, and Ten Sleep Canyon makes it more spectacular. 14 is a little bit quieter, a little more remote, and the entrance to Shell Canyon from the west makes up for the canyon not being as colorful as Ten Sleep. But 14 also has 14A, with even less traffic, a more remote feeling, the medicine wheel, and spectacular views of the basin to the west. If you do 14A also be sure to take the short drive up to Five Spring Falls (just trust me on that or check out my Five Spring Falls video).

Yes it was! There are a lot of Elk along the roads in the National Parks so it is wise to be extra vigilante and keep the speed down!

You are welcome, thanks for the comment!

It is a fun little trip, especially on a sunny day!

I used a GoPro 8 for this. I usually have it set to 1080, 30fps and wide.

@@RobertMerz thank you, I’ll try it

Thanks so much Marc, that means a lot! Paul Black is awesome! Check him out at paulblack.ca/ He just released a new CD and you are going to love it, I know I certainly do! By the way CD's actually put a fair bit more money in the artist's pocket compared to downloads so if you can wait for Canada Post to deliver it is the way to go, an artist like Paul deserves it! And by the way tell him I sent you!

@@RobertMerz hey Robert,just went and ordered his cd’s and I told him , you sent me. Sure am looking forward to riding down the road on my06 Roadstar and listening to him play. Cheers

That's awesome!

At 80% you did very well! You are right, it is way too slow a pace, especially with my speaking. I probably did this video more for myself. I enjoy working through all the technical and there is a lot in this vid. Starting with the background which is all created post, I am actually just sitting in front of a green screen. I also did it for my hardcore fans that would sit through it to see what my plans were. Glad you liked the last part, being involved in a big production was a lot of fun, as well as educational! As I mentioned in this video, and as you probably know as a creator, comments are really appreciated, thank you so much!

@@RobertMerz Yeah, I've always just been uploading for friends, but now realize this is global and anyone can see. So I'm trying to make video that are more viewable. It takes so much time to create. Theory is 1 hour for 1 minute, but its more like 2 for me. 🤔

I figure 1 to 2 hours personally, of course it depends on what kind of video.

@@RobertMerz I have a small audience in shorts and am making shorts from full videos now. Looking at the analytics it does push some people through. Less than 9 seconds of the video’s best highlight seems good. 😌 👍

It is such a great ride, and far enough out of the way to be fairly light traffic, but we still have to be attentive at all times. Glad you avoided a crash. Thanks for watching, and leaving a comment!

@@RobertMerz I'm just glad I was really focused on the road and not looking at the view!

Thank you very much Heinz! As you know I do use music on some of the videos, just to add an extra element, but yes the sound of an engine being put through its paces is music all by itself. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Love big steaks and bonfires! Thanks for the offer!

An awesome Road for sure!

Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment.

It is not paved, but it is a good gravel Forest Service Road.

Sorry about that, perhaps try watching the video on a different device and see if there is any improvement.

Perhaps time for a visit!

Well thank you so much. Comments such as yours are always a little extra special to me, I really have tried to make my ride videos as just that, a ride, and I am glad to hear that you enjoy them!

Horsefly is still a very cool place, with lots of history. I wonder if Cliff still lives on the hill above the lake.

@RobertMerz Sadly, he is long gone. He was probably 70 in the 1970's A real old school trapper. I have pictures of him as a kid. I remember him rolling his cigarettes in this really cool flat machines. I also remember this house across the lake with barrels piled up. The neighbors even used an old clothes ringer to get the water out of the clothes before hanging them.

Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it!

It sure is!

You do indeed have some fun places to ride. I have always wanted to ride the coast with the purpose of catching all the east west secondary highways that connect with the coast, some great rides that most of the destination riders totally overlook.

@@RobertMerz I just uploaded a video riding through the drive thru redwood tree yesterday. that was interesting.

Steel grates on the highway are reasonably common on secondary highways and roads where cattle are on open range or in the case you saw wildlife are being restricted movement to other areas. They are often made of heavy steel pipe and place on the highway where a fence is to replace an actual gate across the road. In my area we call them cattle guards but they are often called Texas Gates in other parts. In the vid the guard was to stop the Bison from using the road to leave the park. Generally they are of little concern to ride over but use the same methods as crossing a railway track, try to be vertical not leaned over, maintain your speed not braking or accelerating, and cross them square on if possible. If it is wet or frosty be sure to apply all those rules double. Many cattle guards also have running strips placed on top of them to provide a smooth surface for car tires, some riders use these strips to cross but I prefer not to because if your approach isn't perfectly aligned it can act like grooved pavement and pull the bike around a bit. Now for my question, what part of the world are you from that you have not encountered these? I am just so used to them being around all my life I rarely take note of them.

@@RobertMerz I'm from the north east. Specifically Winchester VA. About 50 miles west of Washington DC. Close to Skyline Drive National Park. To be honest the first time I saw "Cattle" gates was during an episode of Yellowstone. :)

They are just one of those things we grew up with in the west so don't think much of them. We have lots of open range, government land that cattle owners can obtain a permit to range their cattle on, and that is where you will most likely encounter them. It is easy to think that everywhere in the world is the same, and it is good to be reminded that it isn't, thank you.

I only did Lolo Pass because it was on the way to somewhere else. I had heard of it but it wasn't high on my to do list partly because of it's fairly low elevation, but my opinion changed after riding it. It is a beautiful ride with endless sweeping corners, peaceful views of the river, and very light traffic when I did it. I highly recommend it! It is the kind of road that just makes you want to chill, at least it had that effect on me. Stop along the way and hike down to the river to soak the hot feet and just relax, it is that kind of place.

Sorry about that, some viewers come here just to lose themselves in the journey.

Hey thank You!, for watching another one! The Likely area is a great place to plan some off road adventures from. One of the most popular is the Likely to Barkerville via Matthew River and for a more hardcore route, via Yanks Peak. Here is a link to a video of a portion of the Matthew River Route: ua-cam.com/video/pxp0nc4mjlQ/v-deo.htmlsi=CUnDAPmWp1E5IqrM

The road into Horsefly is a nice ride, and the start of some great off pavement adventures if you wish to go further. Thanks for watching, and leaving a comment.

The top of the pass is fairly low level at just over 5,200 feet and I believe is kept open year round so I would expect it to be ridable and snow and ice free on nice days anytime in April and on. Expect it to be a cold ride with high snow banks though until at least early June, and remember mountain passes can get snow any month of the year.

Thanks for the advice. I created these types of vids just to enjoy the ride, see the scenery, lose yourself in the journey type of vid.

Thanks for the kind words regarding my vid style, I appreciate that. Regarding the 2013 wildfire season i don't remember it being out of the ordinary, maybe remind me of the area that it most affected. Also 2013 is far enough back now that the more striking evidence of a fire is starting to fade so is less evident in a ride by type of video.

I meant to type the 2023 Fire Season, the worst recorded in History.

The 2023 fire season didn't affect any areas that I plan to ride through so probably not, if I do ride through an area and it is obvious I will probably point it out.

I understand 🙂 I liked it when the Canadian Guys use to host Motorcycle LiveStream every week. Snow & Cold is coming to Calgary again this Sunday, if you ever wanted to help me encourage someone to start a MotoStream, that would mean a lot for my winter. It could be some older gentleman on Cruisers, that enjoy long distance riding, even if that is not my style.

It has been winter here now for a week, and worse then that it has been very grey and dull so it has hit hard, so I get needing encouragement through the winter. Let me know if you find someone doing that!

It really is a pretty stretch of road, with very little traffic, at least when I rode it. It would be perfect for a bicycle!

It’s a section on the Trans America bike race I did .

No problem. Hope you are doing well!

For some of us the sound of a fine engine being put to work is just music to our ears!

Nice!

You lived in a very Beautiful part of the country. Thanks for leaving a comment, I really appreciate it.

It really has a great sound right?

Unfortunately as of tonight, 199 is closed because of a 7000 acre fire on the right near that tunnel. It is really sad.

I have rode 101 but I did it south to north, my usual preference for a highway if I am filming it as it avoids sun glare in the recording. 101 is a great ride either direction, awesome views, and lots of points of interest!

Wow, I did not know this was happening, thanks for letting me know. I looked it up and it is the Smith River area, the curviest part of this road. It is sad, but it is part of nature's cycles. Even by next year we will see new growth re-claiming the burnt areas as the cycle continues, but we will never see the forest again there in our lifetimes. Sadder is that there are people living in that forest, including a couple small communities, and losing one's home is something that is extremely hard to recover from.

It does not rely on distant views and large landscapes to make it a good ride, so I can see it being good even in the rain! I hope your other Black Hills rides aren't to wet, but sounds like you can handle it! Thanks for leaving a comment.

Wow, just wow! In 1956 I bet Tioga Pass was an adventure all by itself, not like the super highway it is today. At 16 years old, and with your younger brother, and being far from home, wow kids were made of different stuff then today's youth! I bet you have a few other stories besides that one! Thanks for stopping by.

South Dakota really is a beautiful state with a lot of beautiful scenery and attractions to enjoy! But don't take my word for it, go and discover it yourself, if you are able. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

Chief Joseph is a great road as well, and so very different from Beartooth. The year I was there filming it had major construction on it so I did not feel the video was representative. I have never done Rattlesnake grade but I have heard enough about it to know that I need to. Thanks for watching, and for leaving a comment.

It is a beautiful "street"!

Thanks so much.

It certainly is!

@@RobertMerz I couldn't watch all of 'em cause It would be a spoiler, I was gonna do Mt. Evans in 2021 but the high was 28º so I elected to skip it.

Spoiler. No. A teaser! If not the bike, load up the car and you and Karen hit the road! Do Mt. Evans, and slip over to Idaho and do Sawtooth and Salmon River!

@@RobertMerz Done the Sawtooth, Mt. Evans is really on my radar.

Thanks so much Gino. The Gorge is such a fantastic area to explore you are very lucky. I do have a few other vids of the area, but I have not done the Washington side. I have also really enjoyed those roads heading southeast through Heppner and on to Baker City. Just a great area!

I do understand your sentiment. Horsefly does derive a lot of it's economy from the folk that come as tourists and leave money. Some are genuinely looking to escape the city, if that is where they are even from, and some will stay and continue to contribute to the community. Others though do act like their money entitles them and I am sorry that has been your experience, but most of us have experienced thatat least once in a while. Tourism is a double edged sword. You do have a beautiful community and an enjoyable road to ride.

@@RobertMerz I hear you. I was being a bit of an asshole, because I don't want jerks to watch the video and come here. I don't want people to escape to here, because they will import their stupid ideas and ruin it. I thank you for such a reasonable and balanced reply, to such a vitriolic and unbalanced post. I will carefully consider your words.

You were but I understand your sentiment quite well, and I also appreciate that we are now having a civil, and meaningful conversation, thank you. I suspect you are like myself in that especially over the last few years we have just had enough of the social changes that are being driven by politics rather then by reality. Many people are near the breaking point and we just want our little part of the world to be left alone and every once in a while something pushes us over the edge. People come into a nice little community and instead of embracing the ways that attracted them in the first place they want just a couple little extras. Garbage collection is maybe where it starts, then recycling (most of which doesn't actually get recycled anyway but it makes us feel good!!) Before we even see it coming the local community has banned plastic drinking straws (saving all the local seals in Horsefly from that misery) and we have 10 very expensive electric vehicle charging systems that never have anyone using them. Our taxes have went up. We are told we can no longer come to town with our folding knife on our belt, and their is some university grad writing tickets for us riding our quad on the river sand bar because of the environmental damage we are doing. Our world has went crazy. The other side of visitors is multi faceted. We can show them that different ways of life maybe are not so wrong after all. They do inject money into the local economy (your local artisans, fishing resorts, etc. cannot exist on just the local market). By winning over some visitors allies are made that will speak up for the local community when needed in the outside world, say to encourage tax dollars be spent to repair a flood damaged road or ??? There is so much more that visitors can provide as well. As I said before tourism is a double edged sword with both benefits and drawbacks, and I do see your initial point, what is important is to make the best of it and shape it to our needs.

@@RobertMerz The only thing you did right was take the criticism without getting uppity. Of course you had to passive- aggressively ruin that. I wasn't opening the door to a conversation, or giving your dumb behaviour a nod.

@@RobertMerz Thank you for reminding me that idiots only understand force.

Thanks so much Diane. Highway 26 is a hidden gem, have you had the opportunity to explore it in person?