Oregon Route 214 may not be the sportbike-haven that you get in the mountains on side of the Willamette Valley, but there’s enough curves to go around and plenty to see and do along this highway. In Mount Angel, you can visit a Germanic-style Benedictine monastery and stop for comestibles at the Mt. Angel Brewing… Continue reading Oregon State Route 214
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Oregon State Route 540 ‘Cape Arago Highway’
Out along the Oregon Coast, on the tidewater side of US101, the intrepid motorcyclist can find the Cape Arago Highway. This highly scenic roadway begins at the west end of Newmark Avenue in Charleston, Oregon at Empire Boulevard and follows the edge of Coos Bay out to the South Slough Bridge after which 7 Devils… Continue reading Oregon State Route 540 ‘Cape Arago Highway’
Oregon State Route 19 ‘John Day Highway’
A fine example of the Eastern Oregon highway-building, Oregon Route 19 does a little bit of a Jeckyl & Hyde routine. With this in mind, I’ll be covering this road in sections. Viewing the road from south to north, it follows Eastern Oregon’s John Day River from the US Route 26 junction in the midst… Continue reading Oregon State Route 19 ‘John Day Highway’
Old Pendleton River Road
This little stretch of road is a welcome break if you’re droning along I-84. I’ve seen it mentioned in a number of different motorcycle forums as an alternative route to whatever other road they had originally planned to do. Obvious from the responses of other motorcyclists, it’s not perceived as a destination road in its… Continue reading Old Pendleton River Road
Hurricane Ridge
The scene is set in the late Spring of 2007. A year not known for summery weather at best, it was decided that a trip out of Hurricane Ridge was in order. My wife has been demanding such a visit for years, and I was in no position to argue over such a visit. None… Continue reading Hurricane Ridge