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Seattle to Crater Lake Oregon to Mt St Helens and back Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:04 am
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I'm leaving tomorrow morning early, hoping to beat the Independence Day traffic, as well as attempting to stay off the interstate highway system as much of the way as possible. The bike is packed, the tank full of premium, the route marked out (I like G.P.S. but still prefer M.A.P.), and the camera handy.
Preliminary route markers suggest a crossing of the mighty Columbia River on the Cathlamet to Clatskanie ferry, Mist, McMinnville, down through the Willamette Valley wine country, Roseburg, along the Auf Der Heide road, Crater Lake, Bend, Sisters, the lava fields, McKenzie Bridge, Detroit Lakes, Breitenbush, Estacada, Sandy, across the Bridge of the Gods to Skamania Lodge, to Mt St Helens' Windy Ridge, NF25 to Packwood, Randle, Skate Creek Road, Mt Rainier, Elbe, Eatonville to home.
Some of you know these roads I write of and for some a good squiz at the map is in order. I have four days. It's about 1300 miles return, so easy days. The weather forecast is for sun and a light breeze, daily temps between 20C (70F) and 29C (85F) and NO RAIN.
Piccies and a report to follow.
Preliminary route markers suggest a crossing of the mighty Columbia River on the Cathlamet to Clatskanie ferry, Mist, McMinnville, down through the Willamette Valley wine country, Roseburg, along the Auf Der Heide road, Crater Lake, Bend, Sisters, the lava fields, McKenzie Bridge, Detroit Lakes, Breitenbush, Estacada, Sandy, across the Bridge of the Gods to Skamania Lodge, to Mt St Helens' Windy Ridge, NF25 to Packwood, Randle, Skate Creek Road, Mt Rainier, Elbe, Eatonville to home.
Some of you know these roads I write of and for some a good squiz at the map is in order. I have four days. It's about 1300 miles return, so easy days. The weather forecast is for sun and a light breeze, daily temps between 20C (70F) and 29C (85F) and NO RAIN.
Piccies and a report to follow.
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Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.
~Mac McCleary
~Mac McCleary
1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.