PNW Road Riders Spring Break 2008 Date 05/01/08 thru 05/04/08 I believe that this was the 4th annual Spring Break Ride. Last year it was a traveling ride from Seattle , to John Day, and Lewiston. This year we decide to spend most of the ride out of John Day. It was to be a 5 day ride with the first night in Maupin. The weather was threating to snow us in on Thursday. There was snow in the pass just a few days ago. The Portland area riders were unable to cross the Cascades and needed to a Columbia Gorge ride to get by the mountains. We thought we may have to do the same thing. The weather did clear and even thought Snoqualmie pass was cool it was clear. The sun was in full display on the east side of the mountains |
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| We detoured off I90 over Hwy 10 and the Yakima Canyon. Back to I90 and Hwy 82 to Sunnyside. The real ride was to start there. Heading south on Glade rd to the Bickleton Goldendale Hwy. Some great but short canyon sections to Goldendale. West out of Goldendale and down Hwy 142 and Klickitat to Lyle. Shooting south on Hwy 197 we took Hwy 216 to the Deschutes River Rd into Maupin. This was the beginning of our Oregon Adventure. After a blast over to Shaniko for some Ice Cream we spent Thursday night at the Imperial River Co. A great spot to spend the night. Restaurant and Lounge on site. Great continental Breakfast. But no TV? |
Over the next 2 days we rode many of the Great and varied roads of Eastern Oregon. Great curves and pavement. Huge scenery and very little traffic. We had our share of road problems with 2 flats. 3 of out group started the ride with what we thought were tires good enough for 2 thousand miles. But we were to find we were wrong. With one full day of riding before our planned return on Monday 3 of us found we were on worn out tires. One rider had some cord showing. So with half our group leaving Sunday any way we decided to call it a ride. We did however pack one more full day of Oregon roads into our ride home. Check out the Pictures. |
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