St. George to Oregon...to Alaska?

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Day 3 Sunday

I made the trip plans about six weeks ago, and didn't realize that my return would be on Mother's Day. Oops! My son and his GF promised that they'd take good care of mom, and they had a fun day while I sheepeshly made my way home.

Slept till 4:15 and the first hint of light was on the horizon. An hour later I was underway.



It's pretty special to have the hiway to yourself. I can't remember what time it was when I first encountered another car. Maybe an hour later?



Northern NV and southern OR can be pretty devoid of much of anything. The sunrises are worth a few extra photos




There's a section of hiway 140 just after crossing over into Oregon where you descend a high plateau with 7-8% grades. Very curvy and and expansive views. Zero traffic makes it even more fun.







This northern NV / southern OR on 140 to Lakeview, OR is one of my favorites. Canyons, curvy roads, views, shallow lakes, foresty areas, farmlands...expanse.





From Lakeview to La Pine is wide open, free-feeling riding as well. Only when you get to north/south running hiway 97 do you encounter any traffic. It's hard to back off the 85-90mph speeds that are easy to maintain on the straights to the reality of 65-70.

Made it home by 2:30pm...and no family in sight. They wouldn't get home till 7pm by which time I had cleaned up and stowed away everything so the Mrs. wouldn't have that to look at on Mom's Day.

Now I've got a BMW shop date for oil change, some new sensors installed and new tires for the rest of the trip which starts around June 20.

I hope my body can hold up!