2006 PACIFIC COAST BIKETRIP

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TIME FOR CALE AND I TO TAKE OUR ANUAL BIKE TRIP.  I AM LUCKY AND THIS WILL BE MY SECOND GOOD RIDE OF THE YEAR. CALE ONLY HAS A WEEK THIS TIME  AND HOLLIDAYS ARE LATE THIS YEAR, SO WE ARE LIMITED WHERE WE CAN GO AND STILL HAVE NICE WEATHER IN THE END OF SEPT! WE DECIDE TO JUST HEAD SOUTH FROM KAMLOOPS  DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE CASCADES AND ZIG ZAG OUR WAY INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA!

WE ARE ALSO TAKING  OUR NEW BIKES THIS TIME. CALE ON HIS GSXR600 AND MY INTERCEPTOR.  WE USUALLY LIKE OUR CB HONDA'S FOR TOURING AS THEY ARE  VERY COMFORTABLE AND  STILL HANDLE GREAT IN THE MOUNTAINS, BUT THIS YEAR WE WILL TAKE THE  NEW TOYS AS WE EXPECT  LOTSA TWISTIES AHEAD!

DAY 1 AND WE HEAD SOUTH OF KAMLOOPS TO PRINCETON,  AND THATS A GREAT WARMER UPPER. THEN WE TURN SOUTH AT OSOYOOS AND HEAD FOR THE OREGON BORDER AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER! NOT A BAD RIDE, BUT NOT WORTH TAKING ANY PICS!WE LEAVE UNDER CLOUDY SKIES AND  +12 TEMPS. ONCE WE CLIMB OUT OF THE VALLEY WE  DIP DOWN TO THE +4 RANGE AND  IT DOESNT WARM UP TILL WE GET WELL INTO WASHINGTON..BRRRRRRRRRR!!

WE SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE DALLES ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER.



GETTING CLOSE TO OREGON! MT HOOD IN THE DISTANCE!
 

DAY 2  MT HOOD BACKROADS




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WE HEAD A FEW MILES EAST OF THE DALLES AND TAKE  197 SOUTH TO TIGH VALLEY AND THEN TURN WEST ON TYGH VALLEY ROAD, WHICH TURNS INTO NF 48  THEN SOUTH A BIT ON #26 AND WEST ON SKYLINE ROAD TILL WE HAVE A CHOICE TO TAKE NF 57 OR NF42, WE PICK THE SOUTHERY LOOP 42 THAT WILL TAKE US ACROSS TO HIWAY 26, WHERE WE WILL  FIND ANOTHER TRAIL ACROSS TO DETROIT!

HEADING SOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA R ON 197. BASICALLY THIS WAS THE TYPE OF ROADS AND SCENERY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WASHINGTON ON 97 THROUGH THE OKANAGAN .MT HOOD\
MT HOOD TO THE WEST! WE WILL TURN WEST SHORTLY AND HEAD UP!!!MT HOOD 1
PITSTOP ON THE WAY UP THE MTN! FR48, ITS STILL COOL, ONLY +4, BUT THE SUN IS  WARMING UP THE ROAD!MT HOOD 2
FR 48, MT HOOD LOOKS EVEN COLDER!

WE  DONT COME OUT ON #26, SOMEHOW WE END UP NORTH ON #35 , BUT NO PROBS, TURN WEST AND FIND 26 AND SOUTH TO SKYLINE ROAD! A NOTE BOUT THESE ROADS.FIRST THEY ARE POORLY SIGNED, THE NAMES CHANGE ALL THE TIME AND SOME OF THE INTERSETIONS HAVE NO SIGNS! BUT IT DOESNT MATTER!! THEY ARE ALL COOLO, AND EVENTUALLY THEY END UP SOMEWHERE!!  WE JUST GO!!

SKYLINE ROAD SOMEWHERE TURNED INTO NF42 AND ITS A DANDY!  THIS ONE TURNS INTO 1 LANE FOR ABOUT 10 MILES AND I HAVE FLASHBACKS  TO RACING SLEDS THROUGH THE BUSH! THIS ONE IS REALLY DIFF..LIKE RIDING ON A WALKING PATH THROUGH SOME PARK!!

ROAD NARROWS!!


TO BE HONEST ITS NOT A VERY FAST SECTION AS WE ACTUALLY DID MEET ONE CAR AND THAT KINDA MAKES YOU A BIT LEERY ON THE CORNERS!! THEY HAVE A SMALL PULLOUT TO PASS ABOUT EVERY 500 METERS OR SO!

TIME TO GET MOVING!
THIS WAS COOL THOUGH! AT THE INTERSECTIONS, AND THERE WERE A FEW, SOME HAD  ROUTE MARKERS, OTHERS JUST HAD THE NUMBER SPRAY BOMBED ON THE PAVEMENT!! VERY HELPFULL THO!!

ONCE WE GOT TO THE END OF THIS 1 LANER WE TURNED LEFT ONTO NF46,BREITENBUSH RD, AND HEADED DOWN A NICE HIGHER SPEED TWISTY ROAD TO DETROIT FOR LUNCH!
AFTER LUNCH IN A NICEDINER WE HEAD SOUTH ON  22, ONTO 126 , ANOTHER NICE HIGH SPEED TWISTY SECTION!  I BEGIN TO GET THE HANG OF HANGING OUT IN THE TURNS AND LETTING THE BIKE REALLY START TO CORNER! PLUS ITS FINALLY WARMING UP! TEMP HITS +18  YAHOOOO!
THEN ITS WEST ON 126 PAST A PLACE CALLED MACKENZIE BRIDGE AND WE LOOK FOR A ROAD HEADING SOUTH PAST COUGAR RESERVOIR.  WE DO FIND IT! ITS MARKED WITH A OREGON SCENIC ROUTE SIGN AND A BIG COUGAR RESSERVOIR SIGN! DONT MISS THIS ONE! IT WAS A BLAST..VERY TIGHT TWISTIES  WITH LOTSA UPS AND DOWNS! WE COME OUT AT OAKRIDGE AND STOP FOR THE NIGHT! A FANTASTIC DINNER IS HAD AT A  TINY JOINT ACROSS THE STREET AND ABOUT HALF A BLOCK EAST OF THE SUPER 8!!


HEADING SOUTH AT COUGAR LAKE


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COVERED  BRIDGE AT THE OAKRIDGE END OF THE ROAD!

THATS IT, OAK RIDGE FOR THE NIGHTAND CALE IS BACK TO CLEANING HIS BIKE!


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