1,000 miles in the Oregon Cascades! Linda and Goldwing!

FastDoc · 09-10-2012, 01:52 PM

We took a short vacation to enjoy the waning days of summer high in the Oregon Cascade Mountains.

We rode down through the Blue Mountains and up through the Central Oregon High Desert.

We stayed in a lovely resort south of Bend, OR called Sunriver. Highly recommended.

The Gold Wing performed perfectly. I did discover, however, that heavily loaded and ridden very fast mileage drops down into the mid 30's. We almost ran out of gas between Madras and Biggs, OR. There is NO gas on that route on Sundays. The towns along there are a bit like the scary movie, The Hills Have Eyes. 8O Thank God we made it OK. :wink:

Linda on top of a cinder cone in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.

Ranger station.

Hiking at 5,000-9,000 feet is not easy and Linda was a trooper. :P

Very large fire outside of Bend. The smoke paralleled our course for over 200 miles.

In flight photography by Miss Linda. 8)

We were so isolated much of the ride the detector hardly ever went off. We hit a top speed of 130 on this trip, and on some deserted sections would cruise well over 80 for long stretches at a time.

Deer outside our cabin.

Very nice cabin.

Part motorcycle, part locomotive.

Mt. Bachelor.

Cascade Mountain Lakes.

Big bike, small girl. Good combination. :wink:

09-10-2012, 01:52 PM	#1
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	1,000 miles in the Oregon Cascades! Linda and Goldwing! We took a short vacation to enjoy the waning days of summer high in the Oregon Cascade Mountains. We rode down through the Blue Mountains and up through the Central Oregon High Desert. We stayed in a lovely resort south of Bend, OR called Sunriver. Highly recommended. The Gold Wing performed perfectly. I did discover, however, that heavily loaded and ridden very fast mileage drops down into the mid 30's. We almost ran out of gas between Madras and Biggs, OR. There is NO gas on that route on Sundays. The towns along there are a bit like the scary movie, The Hills Have Eyes. 8O Thank God we made it OK. :wink: Linda on top of a cinder cone in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Ranger station. Hiking at 5,000-9,000 feet is not easy and Linda was a trooper. :P Very large fire outside of Bend. The smoke paralleled our course for over 200 miles. In flight photography by Miss Linda. 8) We were so isolated much of the ride the detector hardly ever went off. We hit a top speed of 130 on this trip, and on some deserted sections would cruise well over 80 for long stretches at a time. Deer outside our cabin. Very nice cabin. Part motorcycle, part locomotive. Mt. Bachelor. Cascade Mountain Lakes. Big bike, small girl. Good combination. :wink: __________________ Happy to serve.
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