For riders used to the hustle & bustle of Western Washington, Washington’s Route 20 is prone to inducing a bit of mental dissonance. If you departed on your trip from Seattle, you’ve spent the last couple hundred around lots of cars, motorcycles, and RVs. Well, that pretty much seems to end once you’re east of… Continue reading Washington State Route 20 (Okanogan – Tiger/Ione)
Category: Twisties
Road has choice twisty bits, or sharp corners that may catch you out.
Elk River Road / Wells Bench Road
This road is not the normal kind of road you see posted here at Motorcycle Roads Northwest. For one, it has 23 miles of graded gravel. For another, there’s quarter-mile long two-tower suspension bridge out in the middle of nowhere that goes over the Dworshak Reservoir. For a third, the southern paved section (below the… Continue reading Elk River Road / Wells Bench Road
Miami River Road
I had a lovely opportunity to ride this road recently. While the weather wasn’t anywhere near perfect, it’s probably what you can also expect along the Oregon Coast most of the year. This road does lack a bit in engineering with its frequent bumps and dips, but it’s a fine weekday cruise. Weekday, you ask?… Continue reading Miami River Road
Oregon State Route 103 ‘Fishhawk Falls Highway’
Oh Frabjous Joy! Or something to that effect. This road is a real kick in the pants, hidden in the Oregon Coast Range. Yes, it’s a bit short and is the shortest-distance route between Oregon Route 202 and US 26, but it’s still a gas. When I rode it this past summer, it was also… Continue reading Oregon State Route 103 ‘Fishhawk Falls Highway’
Oregon State Route 202
The first time that I rode through in August of 2007, the western stretch of this road was a wondrous piece of pavement with fresh, racetrack-smooth pavement that was to die for even in the wet. Then the paving stopped. And it became an adventure road. It was wet, gnarly, bumpy, frost-heavy, and oh yes,… Continue reading Oregon State Route 202