Columbia River Gorge Run

[ddragon63]

Took a 270 mile trek up the OR side of the Gorge yesterday. Crossed over @ Biggs, OR on Hwy 97 and came back via WA Hwy 14.... Great trip. Got a couple things left to check on "Old Man" and he's ready for Sunriver, OR in June


Crown Point, OR top of Historic Hwy 30 East


The Vista House @ Crown Point


The View East up the Columbia from Crown Point... You can see I-84 WAY down below




Multnomah Falls




Sturgeon Ponds @ Cascades Locks, OR





Stonehenge... Marys Hill, WA






Horse Thief Lake, WA


Bonniville power house... North Bonniville, WA

[Joab]

Yep yep, I need to take a trip up that way.

[ddragon63]

WA state route 14 (hwy 14) is an awesome drive. It's very cool to come out of the forrest into the high desert and see the transition as the trees fade away and sage brush starts. Almost as cool as state route 504 where you come out of forrest into the blast zone of mt st helens. You ever make it up here joab I'll show ya around.

[Cuda 69]

as always Don,great pic's and looked like a great ride.Thanks for sharing. John.

[ddragon63]

Thanks John. I love my HTC thunderbolt smart phone. I don't even bring a camera with me anymore as my phone has a 8mp HD camera built in. with a 32g SD card we can snap alot of photos and video recordings. Got it linked to my photobucket account so as soon as I snap a pic it hits my photobucket. Make everything WAY easier than having to upload from a camera later. plus i can upload right to my facebook too... technology has come A LONG way in the last 10 years. I like it

I pulled the spark plugs out of Old Man last night to see how we are doing. During the ride yesterday under heavy load I was encountering a mid rpm WOT hesitation, and seemed to not have the off idle power I had before I starting fiddling with the carbs. After plug inspection we seem to still be a little lean thru the idle circuit. I'm figuring my 2 problems stem from this. must be having a transition issue from idle circuit to main circuit. Gonna hook the gauges back up later in the weeks and tune a little more on it. Probably just need to fatten up the idle mixture a little more. I'll get it figured out

[Jerry]

Was up that way many times ehen I lived in Beaverton. Very nice ride, very nice photos. I do miss the Columbia.

Another nice ride, variation on this one, is to go up the gorge to Hood River and come back behind Mt. Hood. A bit more forested and roads are a bit more twisty, but a nice ride. Stop and watch the wind surfers neat Hood River, very colorful and some of the riders do some great tricks.

[Cuda 69]

hey Don,how do you get it to go to photo bucket?I have a smart phone,and I have to e-mail the pic's,is there a trick to it? We have a falls something like the pic's you have up in the Adirondack mountains,but you can't get anywhere close to it,unless you hike 20 or so miles in.You can see it from rt 30 but it's a ways off.

[ddragon63]

hey Don,how do you get it to go to photo bucket?I have a smart phone,and I have to e-mail the pic's,is there a trick to it? We have a falls something like the pic's you have up in the Adirondack mountains,but you can't get anywhere close to it,unless you hike 20 or so miles in.You can see it from rt 30 but it's a ways off.

I downloaded the Photobucket App off the Android Market. and then you can go thru the settings. I have mine set so any pic I take will go into a Photobucket Queue, then I can allow or deny pics once I open my Queue list.

[ddragon63]

John, you can hike a trail to the top or these falls and look down. you cross that bridge as part of the hike. beautiful place.

[MaximPhil]

Thanks Don,
looks like a nice ride. Waterfall is impressive too
Phil

[ddragon63]

Thanks Don,
looks like a nice ride. Waterfall is impressive too
Phil

620 ft tall...2nd tallest in the country. tallest in OR. when SWMBO first were dating we use to go up there and Beacon Rock (which is on the WA side of the Gorge) and hike them. Then lazyness set in, we just stand @ the bottom now and take pictures

[WMarshy]

hey Don,how do you get it to go to photo bucket?I have a smart phone,and I have to e-mail the pic's,is there a trick to it? We have a falls something like the pic's you have up in the Adirondack mountains,but you can't get anywhere close to it,unless you hike 20 or so miles in.You can see it from rt 30 but it's a ways off.

You must be talking about Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskills... a 230ft falls that drops in 2 segments... It's only 15ft taller than Taughannock Falls in Ithaca NY. There are falls in Letchworth State Park that exceed 500ft though.

Nice ride, thanks for sharing.

[STEPPENWOLF]

Very niceWas there a couple of years ago by train,stayed in Portland and took a bus tour thru that area...I liked the pic with your bike and the Columbia River in the back ground

[ddragon63]

Very niceWas there a couple of years ago by train,stayed in Portland and took a bus tour thru that area...I liked the pic with your bike and the Columbia River in the back ground

Ya I didn't even intentionally Park like that. Thats just how we ended up. I stepped back and saw the angle and thought "Yep.... PERFECT!"

If I can get the nice weather to come back I can get out for some more rides. First "Old Man" needs a good bath. Frame, and wheels are filthy! I haven't given him his yearly tear down and clean up yet. Now that I'm done F'n up the carbs and he's running good I can finally clean him up real good.

[XS1100 Newbie]

We have everything out here except dry weather. LOL