Looking for great roads in Oregon

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NightNurse · Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:48 pm

Sure, sorry couldnt be of more help! Just wanted to point out the coast. Mt. Hood area would be another good place to check out.

I tried to convince my boyfriend to move there, he said hell no - to much rain!

Sat May 05, 2007 5:09 pm

The Rouge River Forest highway up to Crater lake from Medford is good.

What is your starting point for your trip? Where are you planning on entering the states?

Highway 2 and highway 20 are both in Washington and are good...they would be on your way depending on which route you are going.

High_Side · Sun May 06, 2007 5:06 am

blues2cruise wrote: The Rouge River Forest highway up to Crater lake from Medford is good.

I saw pictures of this ride on Pashnit and I will work it in Blues, thanks.

blues2cruise wrote: What is your starting point for your trip?

Er, Calgary....

blues2cruise wrote: Highway 2 and highway 20 are both in Washington and are good...they would be on your way depending on which route you are going.

I like the Colville-Repulbic-Twist run but it's time to try something new. I was thinking of crossing south of Salmo. I'll likely run along Lake Roosevelt, down to #2 and across to the coast. Once in Seattle, we want to get to the coast on the best road available. Is it worth heading back up to the Olympic National Park side of the inlet?

Sun May 06, 2007 8:06 am

Oops...I guess I worded my question wrong.

Staying away from I-5 at Seattle is a good idea unless you want to go

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Depending on how much time you want to spend.....it will take a lot of extra time to head north to get to the peninsula ( a ferry is involved so you need to check the schedules)and then ride the 101 south from there. Although places like Port Townsend are nice....

But, if you just head south and get to Olympia it's only about an hour from Seattle via the freeway. From Olympia you can head west to get to the coast via #8 to #101.

If you look at a map of Washington, you can see secondary roads if you don't want a freeway. #405 is a freeway, but it bypasses Seattle and then #167 near Renton toward Puyallup. From there you can get onto #512 to I-5. From there you are not far from Olympia.

Does any of that help?

Sun May 06, 2007 8:36 am

Cross over into Oregon via the Astoria Bridge. Quite a spectacle. In Astoria take a short side trip up to the Astoria Column for a bird's eye view of the area before you carry on down 101.

Be sure to watch for this guy.

http://uk.geocities.com/hyohsilver/words.htm

High_Side · Sun May 06, 2007 2:52 pm

I've only ever landed in Seattle and didn't get to spend any time there. I suppose that we should give it a bypass seeing as we are time limited. My map is starting to come together....
Thanks Blues

Sun May 06, 2007 4:11 pm

How far south do you plan to go? The area around Florence is worth a stop. Sand Dunes are quite something if you've never seen them.

And here is the Astoria column. It chronicles the journey of Lewis and Clark....and yes, you can walk to the top and fly balsa wood airplanes (purchased in the shop there) from the platform.

Sun May 06, 2007 4:16 pm

By the way, the ride down the coast will not make your chrome happy. After a week of travel, the chrome on my bike was getting pitted with black spots. (The salt air) After we headed inland, I bought some chrome cleaner/polish to clean the bike off while down there instead of waiting to get home. I think early intervention paid off.