5 days legal, 300 miles already. Sometimes, I surprise myself.
Laura and I went on a scenic loop from Portland to Mount Hood this past Sunday. We saw a few waterfalls, rode on the Historic Columbia River Highway for about 15 miles (all that’s left of it), spent too much time on boring I-84, visited the Bonneville Dam, and headed south towards the mountains.
The road from Hood River to the mountains was nice. Not much traffic. At one point, as we were coming down a hill we had an unobstructed view of Mount Hood towering above the pavement in front of us. As we got closer the temperature dropped and caught us by surprise; we entered a “Snow Tire and Chain Zone” and started to see some snow beneath trees on the side of the road. Thankfully, it hadn’t been raining or snowing recently.
At the first sight of civilization, we stopped south of the mountain near Government Camp, got some hot coffee, warmed our hands, and took a break. Fortunately, this was where the road declined sharply back towards the valley, and we had only about 10 more minutes of really cold weather. The ride back to the city wasn’t too bad… nothing much to see, but at least the traffic wasn’t too crazy.
Flickr photos: Motorcycles to Mount Hood
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