MZ5
Well-Known Member
Besides "Volume I," I'm also going to call this edition "Oregon Cascades & volcanoes." First, though, a California Cascades volcano, Mt. Shasta, then I'll explain the post and adventure:
I'm on TDY this summer. That translates to: I'm working working in the PacNW for 2-3 months. I rode my NCX up from southern AZ, so I'd have unrestricted transportation while I'm here. I expect to be fairly free at least a day or two each week/weekend, and hope to do a bunch of riding. I decided this post would be 'Volume I,' because I went for a really great ride yesterday! I don't have much in the way of pics from the ride up, unfortunately. The Pacific Coast Highway (California 1, from about Monterey, through Big Sur, and down past Santa Barbara) was absolutely pea-soup-foggy and cold the day we rode it, so no stops and no pics. The Silver Surf motel in San Simeon was quite decent and affordable, though.
I took a phone-cam video of me riding down Lombard St. in San Francisco, which I've always thought would be neat to do, but the vid is just silly, so I'm omitting it. Sorta the same with the vid crossing the Golden Gate bridge (another 'I've always wanted to do that' thing).
So, this weekend, I rode from Portland to Eugene, via Hood River, Madras, and Redmond. Those in the PacNW may be tempted to think: "Hood River and Madras are NOT on the way to Eugene!" but we're all motorcyclists here, so we get it. Here was my basic route:
https://goo.gl/maps/Lvt6H
I had a very low front tire at the start of the trip, so I was delayed and shortened the route slightly. I wanted to turn north (eastbound, I suppose?) on OR-126 at Belknap Springs, and then take US-20 (the Santiam Highway) west into Salem/Corvallis. However, to keep my schedule I just went down 126 the other way, straight into Eugene, where I stayed with a friend last night.
Here's a surprisingly poor image of Mt. Hood from near Portland International (PDX):
After getting some air into the front tire, I headed up-river toward Hood River. If any of you have never seen the Columbia River Gorge in person, it's worth a visit some day. It's spectacular! The focus of this particular trip was the volcanoes and the McKenzie Pass Highway, though, so on with the show. This is a shot of roughly the opposite side of Mt. Hood vs. what a person sees from Portland. This is roughly the SE face:
And one looking at the south face:
I'm on TDY this summer. That translates to: I'm working working in the PacNW for 2-3 months. I rode my NCX up from southern AZ, so I'd have unrestricted transportation while I'm here. I expect to be fairly free at least a day or two each week/weekend, and hope to do a bunch of riding. I decided this post would be 'Volume I,' because I went for a really great ride yesterday! I don't have much in the way of pics from the ride up, unfortunately. The Pacific Coast Highway (California 1, from about Monterey, through Big Sur, and down past Santa Barbara) was absolutely pea-soup-foggy and cold the day we rode it, so no stops and no pics. The Silver Surf motel in San Simeon was quite decent and affordable, though.
I took a phone-cam video of me riding down Lombard St. in San Francisco, which I've always thought would be neat to do, but the vid is just silly, so I'm omitting it. Sorta the same with the vid crossing the Golden Gate bridge (another 'I've always wanted to do that' thing).
So, this weekend, I rode from Portland to Eugene, via Hood River, Madras, and Redmond. Those in the PacNW may be tempted to think: "Hood River and Madras are NOT on the way to Eugene!" but we're all motorcyclists here, so we get it. Here was my basic route:
https://goo.gl/maps/Lvt6H
I had a very low front tire at the start of the trip, so I was delayed and shortened the route slightly. I wanted to turn north (eastbound, I suppose?) on OR-126 at Belknap Springs, and then take US-20 (the Santiam Highway) west into Salem/Corvallis. However, to keep my schedule I just went down 126 the other way, straight into Eugene, where I stayed with a friend last night.
Here's a surprisingly poor image of Mt. Hood from near Portland International (PDX):
After getting some air into the front tire, I headed up-river toward Hood River. If any of you have never seen the Columbia River Gorge in person, it's worth a visit some day. It's spectacular! The focus of this particular trip was the volcanoes and the McKenzie Pass Highway, though, so on with the show. This is a shot of roughly the opposite side of Mt. Hood vs. what a person sees from Portland. This is roughly the SE face:
And one looking at the south face:
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