Oregon in July

[azoomm]

It was breathtaking!! The road just sweeps through the mountain. And, coming out on the other side, the terrain is VERY different. Say goodbye to mountain roads...


Hello to high desert


And, out of nowhere - it seems - you drop into a canyon for the river:


Just past that canyon sits Redmond, OR where I met up with the rest of the fleet. Both semi's were waiting on us to get there. My ending mileage when I turned in the bike:


Finally, met up with the crew. Found a little pub by the hotel. Everyone say hello to Megan - she's also a demo ride leader.


Our trucks and tents that were set up - the entire 38 bike fleet was there for people to play with.


BMW MOA creates a bit of a tent farm [as we call it]


You can see one of the three-sisters in the back of this one:


This is the day after


Us, loading up bikes


Breaking down trucks and tents


If we get it done in a timely fashion - we get to go play. My choice for playing in the mountains. F800GS

[Trip]

looked like fun, sad I couldn't go this year.

Did they say where it is next year?

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Trip

looked like fun, sad I couldn't go this year.

Did they say where it is next year?

July 21-24, 2011
Bloomsburg, PA

[azoomm]

YAY for mountain roads.



We found a lava field:




Just to give some perspective, this is Megan sitting on one of the rocks:


Cool Johnny-5 look of the GS with the look-out castle in the background.


Other direction:


The whole gang at one of our stops.


This is why a GS makes sense.


We found a dam - it made for a fun little stop:



Again, more huge trees:


We stumbled upon a covered bridge:


Megan on the R1200R


Something you don't want to see when you don't know the area, are in a dead zone, and mountain roads that go forever between gas stations. Yes, that is an estimated 12 miles left on the tank of gas.... made it to the station with 4 "left"


I ended that day with a rocket-ship ride to Bend, OR to meet up with a friend of mine that I hadn't seen since I was 16 - and Megan had a friend drive over from Portland. We were running behind, so we split from the rest of the crew and made our way to Bend. On that trip, we had to verify our turn. I pulled up next to this car - and when the windows went down I was taken back to what I saw inside.

These little kids were the dirtiest I have ever seen in my life. And, the meth-head dad with his Cuuuurrs can in the cup-holder, well - just wow. The little girls were SO excited to see bikes - then saw that it was two women on bikes and they could hardly contain their excitement. Their condition in life broke my heart.





We flew back on Monday - through the rockin' airport that Redmond OR is. A-F gates... and walk to the plane.



All in all - 1718 miles total for the entire trip. I'm still feeling it a bit, and not very enchanted with the idea of getting on a motorcycle anytime soon. In fact, I think I'm taking the car to bike night tonight