Good reoprt Eric. I have travelled virtually all of the areas you spoke about.
Great roads and great scenery.
Grant Gall
Eric Bartell wrote:
> Well the trip thru the Northwest is done. It was
> awesome. Left Gig Harbor Washington on Thursday after
> work. Had to travel I5 south, freeways sure do
> suck. Hooked up with my brother, on his ST1100 out of
> Salem Oregon south of Olympia. We rode East to Yakima
> and then south to Bend Oregon. We took the Century
> drive up into the Cascades and into Crater Lake. Road
> were freshly resurfaced and very fast. Dropped down
> into Ashland to meet up with our other brother coming
> up from LA on his wing. Then it was off to the Oregon
> Caves and onto the coast. 101 north was beautiful, the
> weather was sunny and warm. Followed 101 up to
> Tillamook to the Air Museum. We decided we had had
> enough fog and wind and headed inland. Up the Columbia
> gorge, and into the Cascades for some fun roads. We
> continued north into Leavenworth( nice German
> town)(great beer and food), then we turned West to the
> Olympic mountians. Up into Victoria and the island.
> Then it was over to Canada mainland. Took 1 out of
> Vancouver over to Harrison Hot springs for a night
> in a real bed. The GTS enjoyed having all that camping
> gear off. Now it was time to think about heading home.
> We headed south for the wing brother wouldnt have as
> far to ride. Thru John Day fossil beds and Burns
> Oregon. He headed south on 395 and ST brother and I
> headed West. Into Salem and then back up I5 to Gig
> Harbor. That was 18 days and only 3500 miles. The
> wives thought it was a "kinder/gentler" bike trip this
> year.
>
> Next year it is off to Colorado. That one should be
> back up into the 6K miles again.
>
> The GTS ran great and passed cars with ease. She loved
> the 80-90 mph range and didnt hesitate in the 100-110
> range. Some of those back road on the Cascades of
> Oregon demand 100mph.
>
> Eric
>
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