I started on the IDBDR in Lowman, ID 7/5/21, and planned to follow it to Wallace. when I got to Elk City the Dixie Fire was growing and it was real smokey. I was able to drive the Magruder to the end and when I arrived in Darby, I discovered the Lolo Fire was expanding with a section of road closed, evacuation orders for some and standby orders for others. I decided to stop heading north in Darby and turned south. I'll come back to do the Lolo Motorway and more of the IDBDR another year. Idaho is very, very dry.
I stayed at a number of free campsites along the Salmon River as well as the Snake River. Idaho still has lots of free NFS
campgrounds as well as dispersed camping. I saw lots of FWCs on Idaho Roads as well as in WY..