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Parking bikes at the town of Fossil. This area of Oregon is known for its fossil beds. The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has three "units" in this area that are pretty fascinating (Painted Hills, Clarno and Sheep Rock). |
Removing ear plugs before lunch. |
Lunch at the Big Timber restaurant. It was pretty good. Met some other riders there from Sun River, OR. |
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Somewhere around the towns of Spray and Kimberly on Rte. 19 along the North Fork of the John Day River. |
Joseph wheelieing. |
Another shot along the John Day. |
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Another shot along the John Day. |
Gas stop in Monument. Joseph's bike has a range of just over 100 miles, which in this part of Oregon made it a little dicey planning where and when to stop for gas. There just aren't many towns with gas out here. Gas stations also close early in some towns. |
Heading east up a low mountain pass near the town of Hamilton. |
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Approaching Long Creek the road was really straight and flat with great visibility to the sides. I got the Aprilia up to 145 mph not realizing that it wasn't in the highest gear. Joseph later told me he got up to 165 on his Superhawk. |
Cows, safely on the other side of fences. We did go through sections of "open range", where no fences separate livestock from the road. |
Heading north up Rte. 395 from Long Creek to Ukiah. The northern half of this section is truely a treat. Mile after mile of linked twisties and sweepers rated from 35 mph to 45 mph. Beautiful scenery too if you can steal a glance. |
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Lodging for night number two at Lehman Hot Springs, 17 miles east from Ukiah on Rte. 24. The hot pools were great. The cabins were tiny. The food was microwaved pizzas for $10 each. Regardless, it was great to be there. |
Our humble cabin. It was actually a trailer, and not quite level. |
Lots of RVs camped there with ATVs for use on trails. This is popular for snowmobiling too. |