As we started out about 10 o'clock in the morning we made a comment about what a perfect day it was for a ride. Not a cloud in the sky and just about 70 degrees (not too hot for a long ride). Our first leg took us out to the scenic viewpoint overlooking Oregon City.
After a quick stretch we headed up the 205 and over to the 84E toward the Columbia Gorge. Sometimes I forget what a beautiful area it is when you enter the gorge. The ride down 84E was nice with the blue grey of the Columbia River on our left and the towering green of the cliffs on our right. But the best part of our ride was the Historic Highway that hugged the contours of the cliffs and led us past breath taking waterfalls and pleasantly shady turns.
We stopped at Multnomah Falls to stretch our legs and take some pictures, poked around in the gift shop (which is the same as every other gift shop in the world) and commented on the number of motorcyclers that we saw going through. Then it was off to Horsetail Falls.
We found a parking spot (which is much easier to do with a motorcycle than a car) and walked over to the falls after chatting with the Search and Rescue "Host a Trail Day" representative. He wasn't actually part of search and rescue. But it turns out that as soon as they got set up - they got called out to do a search at Multnomah Falls, so the Sherriff's Department was filling in for them.
After a few pictures it was back down 84W with a brief stop at another scenic viewpoint overlooking the Columbia River. (We stopped mostly because of the voracious winds that almost took off our helmets during our ride back through the gorge!) From here the ride was pleasant - though getting a little on the warm side (up to 84 degrees by this point).
We stopped at our "usual stretching point" (Haggen's parking lot) on our way back home and contemplated "Wouldn't it be neat if we put together an online journal of our travels so people could just check from time to time, if they were interested, and not if not?" Tara said "Yes, we could do a blog." To which I said "No. Not a blog, an online journal." So here it is.We have pictures from our earlier trips that we will post when we get around to it. Most importantly with this process don't expect anything to be posted regularly. We'll get to it when we get to it.
