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Day 15 Boise to Idaho Falls (478km)
11 September 2023
photos: Marcus rowe - gerardbrown.co.uk
Jim Grayson and Simon Spinks, 1969 Ford Escort Mexico Works
Today we saw two regularities and a Test linked
by a series of passage and Time Controls on a
network of highways and byways in rural Idaho.
The day began along the Boise river, with a straightforward
run out of town towards the elk Creek passage Control
manned by Iain Tullie and Chris Mills. next we turned to
the hills with a narrow and rocky climb up to a second
passage Control on Immigrant Mountain with impressive
views back over the plains.
russ Smith and Jamie Turner kept an eye on the
timecards, making sure everyone was accounted for, before
sending them into the first regularity through Castle rocks.
en-route the cars squeezed through a narrow gap between
two monolithic rocks and were greeted on the other side by
fred Gallagher and Sarah ormerod.
A Time Control at the Camas Creek Country Store offered
a welcome break before the rally set out on the Camp
Creek regularity. This was another typically rough track
up a narrow and, apparently, snake-infested gorge running
alongside the creek. Most crews had a relatively troublewww.rallytheglobe.com