US Route 197 is a rather odd high desert highway. When you’re on this highway riding up on top of the bluffs, it’s quite dull. Seriously, it’s flat, dead-straight, and boring as all get out. Then you get to the edge of the bluff and there’s a suddenly a sign telling you about a hairpin… Continue reading US Route 197 (Central Oregon – The Dalles)
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Cheney – Spangle Road / Pine City Road
Nope. Definitely not the express route. That US 195 express route is over to the east a few miles and zooms across the rolling prairie at high speeds in the most unimaginative way possible to treat the fantastic landscape of the Palouse. If you’re out for a cruise, try this road out instead. One of… Continue reading Cheney – Spangle Road / Pine City Road
Oregon State Route 244
This is a shining example of Oregon’s fine sweeper roads. Another riverine highway, it connects US 395 with I-84 within 10 miles of connections to Old Emigrant Trail Road on one side and Oregon Route 82 (and Halfway, OR) on the other. From west to east, it leaves Ukiah and at first follows Camas Creek… Continue reading Oregon State Route 244
Oregon State Route 203 “Medical Springs Highway”
While not a destination road in its own right, this is another road that presents a refreshing alternative from slabbing down I-84 wearing the middle of your tires out. The interesting part starts south of Union where 203 heads southeast around the outside of the hills at the edge of the Powder River valley. The… Continue reading Oregon State Route 203 “Medical Springs Highway”
Cow Creek Road
This narrow little riverine road is a welcome diversion from the high-pressure freeway slog of Interstate 5. It hops out around circles around to the west in the north end of the Siskiyou Range. It’s reputed to be a narrow and twisty little thing that zips around next to the creek with very little traffic… Continue reading Cow Creek Road