RTG AlMex Daily Dispatch - FINAL - Flipbook - Page 30
27 August to
26 September 2023
Day 16 Idaho Falls to Jackson Hole (202km)
12 September 2023
photos: Marcus rowe - gerardbrown.co.uk
A shorter day today, so crews could better appreciate
their surroundings. This included the delights of
Jackson Hole, a resort town par excellence slap
bang in the middle of the Tetons, one of the world’s
youngest and most iconic mountain ranges.
The easier day gave the sweep crews a reason to be
grateful, as they’d been up after midnight sorting Brian and
Catherine Scowcroft’s Chevy fangio. The car is working
and mobile, but the crew opted to take it straight into the
night halt to finish the repair.
There was a Test and a regularity en-route to the Modern
Mountain Hotel, with the day kicking off with a blast at the
Sage raceway drag strip, with the added bonus of a 360
degree spin around a cone. fred Gallagher was test observer
Bill Shields and Alex Schoenauer,
1967 Chevrolet Camero
and, from the only shade for miles around - a disused
portaloo - he looked every inch the eagle-eyed sentinel.
Having successfully negotiated this section, and escaped
fred’s laser like gaze, the next stop was the Trail Creek
regularity, running 18km over a rutted track of concrete
hard, dry mud with Iain Tullie and Chris Mills waiting at the
end with the clocks.
As we passed into wyoming - a perfectly rectangular state
- the road between the Swan Valley passage Control and
Teton pass passage Control gave us views across the wide
valley floor towards Jackson peak that had to be seen to
be believed. Crossing the Snake river was the last obstacle
before we reached Jackson Hole for the promised early
finish and a free evening to enjoy the town with its historic
centre, wooden boardwalks and dozens of independent
shops and restaurants.
Stephen Hardwick and Ashley Bennett,
1970 Datsun 240Z
Carl and Peter Helmetag,
1970 Volvo 131
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