Favorite Drives in the PNW

[CorvallisBMW]

my fishing trip consists of me watching other people fish while i drink the beers

sounds like fun to me!

[tonytony]

my fishing trip consists of me watching other people fish while i drink the beers

[StereoInstaller1]

August is out for me.

This weeekend is moving, next weekend is MattsMeat, weekend after that is Salmon fishing, and I would like to work on the car some before we roll (t belt and shit)

[CorvallisBMW]

I could do most any weekend in August, I suppose the 22nd would work too.

[StereoInstaller1]

How about a little earlier in the month?

[nickpdx]

29th sounds good. There are lots of nice places to eat, I'm thinking Charburger in Cascade Locks, or if we go a bit further to Hood River there's always the brewery. I work on a route.

I'm busy on the 29th, Sunday the 30th work for you? Charburger sounds delicious though.

[CorvallisBMW]

29th sounds good. There are lots of nice places to eat, I'm thinking Charburger in Cascade Locks, or if we go a bit further to Hood River there's always the brewery. I work on a route.

[nickpdx]

Saturday Aug 29th (Sunday is free) and the 3rd weekend of September are no-gos for me, but everything else is free

[CorvallisBMW]

Thirded. Looks like fun to me. How about the 3rd weekend in September? Or the last weekend in August?

[StereoInstaller1]

Yeah, the Historic Columbia River Hwy is a great drive - I just drove it on Wednesday - not a great road to drive very fast on though. Narrow, lotta blind corners, slow tourists (I had to downshift into 2nd to not lug my engine going down a hill behind a couple of blue hairs in a PT Cruiser).

Could meet at Crown Point, take a drive down the Historic Hwy, cross the river at Cascade Locks and then do the Wind River Rd. drive in Washington?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...t=h&z=10&via=1

I second this motion: Early september meet/drive?

There is a park somewhere on that drive that has BBQs. We could do an actual picnic/waterless wash/photo shoot kind of thing, maybe even like play some frisbee or something.

[nickpdx]

Yeah, the Historic Columbia River Hwy is a great drive - I just drove it on Wednesday - not a great road to drive very fast on though. Narrow, lotta blind corners, slow tourists (I had to downshift into 2nd to not lug my engine going down a hill behind a couple of blue hairs in a PT Cruiser).

Could meet at Crown Point, take a drive down the Historic Hwy, cross the river at Cascade Locks and then do the Wind River Rd. drive in Washington?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=cascade+locks,+or&daddr=46.0576509,-121.9793102+to:woodland,+wa&hl=en&geocode=%3BFbLIvgIdUr66-ClbB2UA8YaWVDFQcipz8kkkEw%3B&mra=ls&dirflg=h&sll=45.604431,-122.121277&sspn=0.726339,1.783905&ie=UTF8&ll=45.755068,-122.308044&spn=0.724386,2.307129&t=h&z=10&via=1

[CorvallisBMW]

that would be fun, there are some great roads on the WA side of the gorge too, like up the Wind and White Salmon rivers.

[StereoInstaller1]

I'm surprised no one in portland has mentioned the Old Historic Columbia River hwy aka crown point, it used to be a tricky road because of the pot holes and dips which made it exciting, but now it's repaved and a bit more civilized. Definately a drive worthing having a meet for.

Oh hell yeah, Crown Point meet would fucking ROCK!

[thedeal]

So I found a great website that list roads that you would want to ride your motorcycle on... and if you are like me and like the added safety of a steel cage around you, they make for a great time in a car aswell.

http://www.motorcycleroads.us/index.html

Just click on the Oregon or Washington section! I think I need to try this one! I just need to finsh my swap first!

Great Link, Thank You.

Oregon ftw!

EDIT: REPRESENT!!!

I hate driving in Oregon, The speed limits are always so Whack, and I'm fucking paranoid of the cops. Still though, some great roads to take, I loved Hells Canyon.

[tonytony]

^that looks like fun, nice link