Bryan Myers’ dog, Holly, anxiously awaits his return while the guys were stopped and clearing a tree from the roadway.
S ome of my earliest memories outdoors with my family were created deep in the mountains in one of the Toyota Land Cruisers that my dad had built for rock crawl- ing. Those motorized adventures in- troduced me to what is known today as overlanding and fueled my love of camping and off-roading. As I grew older, my passions ex- panded, and I took up more hu- man-powered pastimes to get into nature; things like kayaking, climb- ing and mountain biking. However, I have never lost my appetite for the powersports world and still regular- ly use those modes of transportation to access some of the most remote areas of the Inland Northwest. In fact, I purpose-built my truck to
be a good balance between off-road capability and comfort while also being a daily driver and grocery-get- ter. My love of off-roading and my passion for the outdoors has cul- minated in a yearly late spring-in- to-summertime tradition with a few of my friends. We try to give back to the local offroad community by attempting to open up and clear various sections of the Idaho Back- country Discovery Route (BDR); we bust through lingering snow drifts, and most importantly, clear the trees that have fallen down over the course of the winter. We love the challenge of it, and there is, of course, a little bit of healthy com- petition trying to be the first people through a section for the year. The Idaho BDR is a 1,250-mile
mostly off-road adventure, running through the most rugged, remote, and scenic parts of the state. Offi - cially, the route starts in the south at Jarbidge, Nevada and runs north all the way to the Canadian border above Bonners Ferry. Many peo- ple ride north to south as well, de- pending on where they live or if they plan on connecting to another BDR in another state. Many others, like me and my friends, pick and choose sections in an effort to navigate our
life-play-work balance. >> Setting the course
This trip was several months in the making last year. There would be four trucks and six friends driv- ing three sections of the BDR over three days; quite a bit longer than
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