[:@]Ohh! my face hurts but it was a great weekend ride.

Left work 3:00 Friday and rode down to Redmond,OR to visit my Mother for her 83rd B-Day.(250 miles)
Saturday I went for a ride over to Bend,OR and around the area putting on about 130 miles before returning to Mom's to take her out for a nice dinner and then stay the night again.
Today (Sunday) I took the scenic route home making it a 9 hour ride back.

Mt.Bachelor and the City of Bend from atop Pilot Butte state park.
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_42.php?md=pic



Pan right,Broken top and The Three Sisters





Pan right more,off in the distant haze Mt.Washington,Black Butte & Mt. Jefferson





Waterfowl on the Deschutes River at Cline Falls state Park.
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_38.php?md=pic







Smith Rocks State Park on the Crooked River.
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_51.php?md=pic
















Oregon back road,Kimberley-Long Creek highway,one might think they are in Utah.


















Been a long time since there was a wedding in this little chapel on the prairie.
(Locust Grove on 206 near Wasco,OR)





Past up many other photo ops like http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/johnday/html2/jd308.htm just not enough time.

 

Y2K.... You sure thats a SUNBURN & not RUST?

 

For a change it was a real sunburn[8D]
Forgot the sunblock this morning and it was just cloudy enough to not realize I was getting cooked till it was too late.
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Nice photo's. I forget what it's like over there.
Sunburn is readily available there I remember.
Now, RUST, that is available here on the coast where I'm at and it's FREE right along with the Fog and Rain.
I'm going to take a trip to Bend and beyond this summer if all goes well this spring.
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Cool Pics. The northwest has so many types of rides available. I keep hearing about the "Alps of Oregon" somewhere past "Christmas Valley" I plan to ride there this summer.

 

The Alps of Oregon would be the Wallowas up in NE Oregon near Joseph,Christmas Valley is out in the SE desert near Fort Rock,no mountains very near there.
Looky here.........
http://www.strengthinperspective.com...9/mpgal19.html

There's a nice ride from Wallowa Lake & the town of Joseph through the forest to Halfway,OR near Hells Canyon .
Also Joseph Canyon over to Lewiston,ID on highway 3 is stunning.
Looky here.........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:J...Canyon_Map.gif

Wallowa Lake


Switchbacks in Joseph Canyon on highway 3

 

Bet Joseph Canyon was a lot more fun on a bike than it was three years go when I pulled a 30' fifth wheel over it. Must do that ride some day. Great pics as usual.

Ride Safe.

 

Pretty safe bet there my friend.

 

There is a lot of good riding in Oregon. I grew up in the western part and now I am in the eastern part of the state. There is some great country in the Santiam Pass area and also in the southern part. There was made mention about the Wallowa's being the Alps of Oregon. They are right about that. There is some good riding going up to the Wallowa country. You have to watch out for the little/big critters that like to cross the road once in awile, but getting there is worth the trip. There's more than one way to get there and each way holds its own beauty. There's a park by the lake. If you are lucky, you will see deer there and you can get really close to them. They are used to being around people and sometimes you can get some really great pics of them. I feel that it's worth the trip to anybody that wants to make it.