Me (Jim) taking a picture of the curves below.
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A nice horse shoe bend. Very high quality pavement, no gravel, light traffic.
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Note the caution sign warning of curves to come.
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Joseph.
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Dave.
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Dave entering the horse shoe bend.
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Looking east up the Columbia again. We went up and down this curvey stretch a few times.
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Dave.
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After taking OR Rte. 197 south out of Biggs, we rode Rte. 216 east from Tygh Valley to Grass Valley. Here's Dave as we entered the fun part of this road.
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The Deschutes river flows through this Basalt canyon.
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A nice class 4 or 5 rapid/waterfall in the canyon.
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Basalt rock with some wierd white mineral deposits at the water level.
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Joseph explain to Dave how to wear a helmet properly.
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Dave getting ready to ride out of the canyon. Quite a few twisties ahead to get back up to the high plains.
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Rte. 97 between Shaniko and Antelope was simply awesome. While this curve was pretty extreme, the entire eight mile stretch was curvey like this.
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