Too Rugged Even For Lewis & Clark!

[@PerryButler2024]

What a beautiful, rugged piece of country. My old legs cringe at the thought of trying to navigate all those rocks. Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us. I will be waiting for the coffee table book of old cabins, by Professor Muskrat Thomas. Many blessings to you my friend. PB

[@IdahoHillbilly]

Good Morning Sunshine 🌄

[@ImixSpb]

The cool looking canyon... The rough but beautiful place! Thanks for sharing, have a great day.👌✌

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

Another scenic video in the Idaho mountains, bravo!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@virginia7191]

Amazing scenery! I would love to see that same area in the spring or summer! A book of all the old cabins is a great idea!!!

[@reginaldwinsor2759]

Good morning Gary. That river looked the same to Lewis & Clarke as it does today. The land doesn't change that mucover time. Putting together a picture book of all those lovely homesteads is a great idea. Have a nice day.

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Good morning Gary, Beautiful tour ! That cabin looks like it was pretty nice at one time. Maybe it was just the camera angle but it looks like it was fairly big. Very interesting, my friend. Have a good day!

[@lindawarrell4281]

A great beginning for a new America! God bless you and beautiful Idaho! 🇺🇸

[@jamestboehm6450]

Another great video Muskrat. You live in a beautiful section of our country.

[@pauloehmen1665]

Very wild area. Thanks for sharing

[@SueTay.]

Good morning, what a beautiful scenic trip you took us on this morning, much appreciated. I feel like I could feel the crisp air :)

[@tt600pch]

My oldest brother ran hounds all over in the late 70's and the Salmon River was one of his places to catch a cat or a bear. His last elk came from someplace down on the Salmon River. A cold wet night in the rain nearly killed him. Covid pneumonia got him the next fall. I get blown away every time I run down the Lochsa for the same reasons. Lewis and Clark were probably wondering what they were thinking there too. There is a great story about the "Carlin Party", a group of hunters that went up the Lochsa in 1893. I have a book about it and should read it again.

[@howmanable]

Lewis and Clark were following an Indian trail that went through the mountains just north of the Lochsa River.

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

History is important, it foretells the future......

[@jackkeeble9272]

Thanks so much for sharing Muskrat 👍. Love your content man!

[@TendoyD]

Thank you muskrat for the great videos of the area and history. Iam so glad I found the salmon area when I retired.

[@GarrettGalloway-c8h]

don't want to slide off the road In that river 😅.. thanx 4 the video Gary ❤ I had a uncle swim that river 4 a big horn sheep before back in the 90's... 😅 and he swam back across with his bighorn...in towe😊😅😂 !!

[@tmccormick48]

Good morning young man. Great day today. Have a great day and week ahead.

[@sandyc6569]

Thanks for sharing the beauty that that surrounds you!!

[@stevemccoy8138]

Good Morning Muskrat, checking out those cabins would be fun, wonder why they don't keep at least some of them up ? And those roads should be fixed and kept usable, isn't that part of Forrest management? In Oregon I saw a lot of roads closed on the Forrest service allotments. I really like your cover on your truck. Have a Great Day. God Bless America and Trump. 😊

[@jogeorge9752]

Beautiful. Stay safe and warm.

[@2ndamendmentSam]

I love this road trip you’ve been taking us on. Thank you!

[@patriotpreacher43]

Just get some catnip filled deer hide balls scattered around and then say “here kitty, kitty”! Sure to work! Such a beautiful place! Have a good one!

[@masstrapper7645]

Beautiful country. Rugged isn’t the right word. Around here there are cabins in the woods but most structures from the past have rotted away or been consumed by the forest. Pretty lucky to get to see these. Enjoy the day 👍👍

[@dw6090]

Those mountains are gorgeous, but even in summer are deadly. Would loved to see them back in theredays. But would been huge amounts of wolves a d grizzlies.

[@tseals5248]

Evening, looks good n cold up there. Never seem to get tired of the scenery, its sure beautiful. God bless y'all, Tennessee Hillbilly, Out

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Great drive in the woods or river valley! Thank you!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

[@bennyboiii4774]

Love the mountains.,,any fish in that river. Thanks for sharing.❤️👍🦌🦫🐿🦝🌹🇨🇦

[@foresthomesteadidaho]

Howdy. Awesome to see how different your view of the Salmon is from our view. Our property sits between the Salmon & the Snake. Really enjoy these drive along videos.

[@w0qnx598]

Only Muskrat @8:37 would pan up a river and say you could cross there and walk down....I see impassable 20 foot boulders everywhere right down to the river edge!

[@dalelangila9274]

I believe I've hunted off the Lewis and Clark trail off of little 4th of July creek north fork? 🤔

[@darreldwalton8763]

I'd have to resort to some book learnin' to be a hunnert percent on Lewis & Clark's trip through there. I'm old, but I ain't THAT old! I do believe though, that by the time they got to that point, they'd explored the Yellerstone country, dropped into the Lemhi country, wintered up with the Shoshone and Sacajewa's folks, who set 'em up with horses, a shaky guide, and instead of sendin' em south to the Snake, pushed em off into country what shoulda eat 'em up an spit 'em out! Again, though, they ended up eatin' the livestock, starvin', and dependin' on the kindliness of the Nez Perce on the other end. Sorry, dependin' on my mem'ry, well, things is a mite tangled an fuzzy, but that's why them Boys kept good journals. Read 'em!! Good stuff!! Thanks fer the road trip, Sir! Beats hell outta where I been all weekend. Take er easy!

[@howmanable]

Lewis and Clark started over the Bitterroot Mountains on September 11,1805.

[@homegrowncountryhomeplace]

That would be cool to have a book with all the area cabins in it. That would be a great video canoeing down the river and visiting the cabin. Maybe you can find some time to visit the cabin. Have a Blessed Day Friend! Justin

[@maggiekoonsman5425]

Happy day Muskrat, Beautiful place in GODS World !! Enjoy your day 👩‍🌾✌️🇨🇱

[@blueyes0152]

I've tracked and killed three mountain lions over 20 years, just me, no dogs. There's nothing more rewarding as a hunter. That being said, hounds are still the most effective means of management, and I have nothing against hound hunters. All hunters need to stick together as our numbers dwindle.

[@johndavis2720]

Good morning! A cabin calender would be cool! Thanks and have a great day!

[@elkaholic338]

Good morning ! Is the restaurant still open at the end of the road across the river from the boat ramp ?

[@glenwise2631]

Another nice drive! Man, that road must've been quite an undertaking to get built. That book you mentioned would be great. I sure wish i would've thought about that when i lived over on the Montana side just East of you. Back then there still were quite a lot of those old cabins scattered around. I did take a picture of a few. I don't even have the pictures anymore.

[@msgtjim4692]

Beautiful and tough country, much like a lot of Idaho. A person could spend a lifetime exploring it and still not see it all.

[@billiep4338]

Howdy 👋🏻 Thanks for sharing. Sure is pretty there. It’s 48’F here today. You ought to see some of the clothes they’re wearing 😅You’d think they were going to Alaska 😅 The one thing I didn’t see today was flip flops 😂Have a good day ❤🙏🏻❤️

[@paulporter4684]

That old cabin definitely looks interesting. Hope you make it over there one day. And take your camera of course. 😊

[@amyeteel5379]

That place leaves ya with a feeling...appreciate ya Muskrat😊

[@SanJuanMountainBob]

Good stuff Gary - I'm enjoying coming along on this series along the river.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! I'm glad you are.

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

Beautiful country up there. I bet that cabin was a beauty in its hay day.

[@dannysollis1063]

Hello Muskrat! Good morning to you all! It's winter still,, 5* in Ohio,, stay warm and Frosty!

[@shermanbarnett6456]

Your making me miss it out there again. Can't wait to get back

[@kevinkline6835]

Good mornin and many blessings. I wish I could get in my truck and go for a drive to the mountains. A blessing I no longer get to enjoy I guess. Sure is beautiful Gary. Stay blessed my friend.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks. Sorry to hear that. We don't realize how lucky we are until luck changes

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors I do get to see them when I sit on the front porch though. The 14 teeners are always standing proud. Love them with all my heart.

[@ralphl8055]

Looks mighty cold,🥶👍💯🇺🇸🙏

[@robdavidson4945]

Happy MLK/Inauguration Day. Lewis and Clark went over Lost Trail Pass eventually then down the Bitterroot Valley to the Lolo Pass I believe. It's been many years since I looked at the map. That route took them past what is now the Chief Joseph Ranch at Darby, MT. This is the ranch seen on the TV show Yellowstone. Never watched the show myself. Thanks for the drive down the Salmon. I might drive that road this summer.

[@impalaman4546]

Good morning friend be safe out there

[@gabrielericken6096]

That's an absolutely stunning mountain site. Amazing how beautiful our earth really is. I do like that old cabin by the river, makes me wonder what history it holds. ( wow, your camera has a phenomenal zoom ). I wonder how deep the river is at that point? Might be able to cross it on horseback?

[@paulsisco7595]

Mornin them ol'rock cliffs look pretty rough, seems like you try to make time to check a place out and it never works out have you gooden.

[@dlansburg2673]

Thanks for the tour and the history ,you didn’t miss much at the Idaho sale prices weren’t very good

[@ronwatson4902]

YEAH i WOULD TURN BACK TOO. THAT IS ROUGH COUNTRY.

[@cliffyarboro1163]

Mornin brother rough country for sure but pretty👍👍

[@tracksmokentrapper1178]

Quite a few years ago you would see big horned sheep all over on the fall steelhead run when I used to fish it..

[@j.c.curnes]

Mornin' !

[@Kenbur]

thanks. morning coffee and Muskrat Outdoors to begin the day and youthful memories

[@glennpoorman5937]

Morning

[@pauldavis6242]

Afternoon !!! I remember a documentary where they said Lewis & Clark hired an indian guide to cross the Bitterroot Mountains, I think that's correct. The indian said 14 day's to cross & in the end took 54 day's. They called them the most inhospitable mountain's they had encountered. That was going into Idaho as the narrator stated. 6 degrees this morning. Only had couple dusting of snow. 2inches last week. Still not as bad as last Jan the 15th. We hit -10 below. 12 inches of snow & then a lot ice. For a week.

[@howmanable]

Lewis and Clark took only 11 days to cross the Bitterroot Mountains.

[@pauldavis6242]

@howmanable interesting! I remember the narrator saying that it took 54 days to cross a mountain range. I have cousin in Salmon that taught school there. Wrote a book titled ," Joined by a Journey", by Mike Crosby. Big Lewis & Clark historian. Thank you for your reply!😅

[@howmanable]

@ they were in poor shape crossing the Bitterroots in 11 days. 54 days they might have starved.

[@jasonaffeldt7838]

Good evening Gary. Checking out your last 2 videos before lights out. Hope you and Cindy have a good day tomorrow. 🇺🇲🌲🔥🔪

[@louparry7721]

It sure is beautiful there.

[@robertbrummett5642]

How many miles does road run up the canyon

[@georgethomas4483]

Be good to know the story on those old cabins - how do the folks on that closed road get in and out - what did you shoot the cat with - do the book man would love to see it might be your retirement fund

[@donbrewer7936]

She cold here brother -15 wind chill

[@Skidderoperator]

Morning Rat!

[@StevenMMan]

Lewis and Clark two leaders commissioned to find the NW water way passage to the pacific. I often wonder how many times on the climb to two ocean pass did they ask each other this one simple question. What engineering genius thought that a boat navigation up the Missouri, turn into the Colombia for easy 🤔 shipping route? Oh oh I get it now, there was an entire firm of engineers involved. That explains everything 😂😅 only an engineer would try n get 💧 to flow up hill. By the way isn't it odd one was named Meriwether? Too close to fair weather. Oh Merry Weather Lewis and Summerville Clark 😮 two men in search of perpetual mild climate. Equal chance of discovery 😅😂. Sorry a day after 🧊 🐟 at -1 has me rendered 🤪 n funny haha this 🌄. Oh and 👀 the brilliance of educated engineering in my past. Just felt like hacking on them. Mountain man

[@Vester661]

Hello friends,i forgot to say good morning this morning.that ant too nieborly ha. I hope you and Cindy are having a great day.

[@donbrewer7936]

They have the money no man power

[@donbrewer7936]

Yep lion

[@numbskullskills]

the dogs were the hunters you were the kill dog