Oregon coast

[pdedse]

Took the day off and decided to do a loop: Gresham to McMinville, then over to the Neskowin on the coast, head north to Pacific City, Tillamook to Cannon Beach on hiway 101, then back east to Portland on 26.

Wilsonville Road hugs the Williamette River and what a lovely road--lots of horse ranches and farms. I saw signs for walnuts and hazlenuts.

Strange housing development surrounded by nothing but trees. Long, tall and narrow homes. I wonder what they look like on the inside.

The Evergreen Air museum Where you can see the Howard Hughs plane



Heading towards the coast


A number of single lane bridges



Started at 10am from Gresham and by 1:00 was at the coast.

 

[Cormanus]

Lovely looking country pdedse. I'm kinda jealous.

 

[pdedse]

As you get near the coast, the dairy farms appear

Just north of Neskowin

Heading towards Pacific City

A beautiful day at the beach

I brought along my new Canon SX740 camara. I mainly bought it for its zoom, and it didn't disappoint. The couple climbing the sand dune, dressed in black, at the bottom:

And now using the zoom...didn't know there was kid between them:

Just to the left of the trees on the ridge, you can barely make out a couple sitting:

And a close-up:

A little blurry, but not bad for hand-held about 500-600 meters away
It was turning out to be a fairly warm day at the beach. Surfers doing their thing.

You forgot the pail:

I'm liking this camara!

A number of sand dunes where you can dune buggy and ride enduro.

Traffic was fairly light--just a gorgeous day to be our riding

Lovely looking country pdedse. I'm kinda jealous.

Come on over!

 

[Cormanus]

Just lovely pdedse. The camera seems good too. It's amazing that the pleasant looking ocean is the same one that laps at shores near me.

A day on the bike would be an agreeable thing at the moment.

 

[Rocky_imp]

Nice ride and pictures

 

[peterbaron]

Beautiful pics..
Pdedse, how much for guaranteeing nice and warm weather with the blue sky for So Ontario/CAN ??

 

[Vic_imp]

Took the day off and decided to do a loop: Gresham to McMinville, then over to the Neskowin on the coast, head north to Pacific City, Tillamook to Cannon Beach on hiway 101, then back east to Portland on 26.

Wilsonville Road hugs the Williamette River and what a lovely road--lots of horse ranches and farms. I saw signs for walnuts and hazlenuts.

Strange housing development surrounded by nothing but trees. Long, tall and narrow homes. I wonder what they look like on the inside.

The Evergreen Air museum Where you can see the Howard Hughs plane



Heading towards the coast


A number of single lane bridges



Started at 10am from Gresham and by 1:00 was at the coast.

so nice. ride on. :biker:

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Very nice collection pdedse.

Some interesting images.

 

[Jonz_imp]

Great photos! I'm just starting my move to Astoria from Seattle. Lots of back and forth. By June I'll be more than ready for a ride and company if your coming out again. Jon Z

 

[pdedse]

Beautiful pics..
Pdedse, how much for guaranteeing nice and warm weather with the blue sky for So Ontario/CAN ??

Would love to send you some, but I'm not sure if we can spare any! On the other hand, I heard forest fire cautions were given--and it's April! These usually don't begin until July or August. I hope that isn't foreboding for later this summer and early fall--had enough of the smoke and near evacs last year.

More photos...hiway 101 is well named--because there are 101 photo opps.

Just north of Pacific City

...actually, now that I think of it, PC isn't on 101, you have to veer off from 101 to get to PC. I think the above is on Cape Kiwanda Dr or Sandlake--it seems to change names as you travel either direction.

I was about 30-40 meters from these guys who were having fun in the shallows:

Ok, one was having more fun than the other

I think it was in Netarts that I pulled over to take a look at Lex's Cool Stuff shop. And there were lots of cool knick-knack things. Lexi herself was on the side of her shop and when she saw me she stopped her watering and encouraged me to go inside...I told her I had no room to purchase anything cool today, but she assured me no matter, and insisted I step inside and look around, try her brownies--she makes 6 batches every day for her customers.

Lexi explained that she moved there 18 years ago, has a little cottage right down on the coast, and started her curios shopt on a whim and it has survived by people bringing her cool things and she sells 'em.

She told me a few stories, seemed to want to chat some more, but I was getting hot all bundled up in the mc garb.

Lovely lady...she pressed the wrapped up brownies into my hands and I was off...

Great photos! I'm just starting my move to Astoria from Seattle. Lots of back and forth. By June I'll be more than ready for a ride and company if your coming out again. Jon Z

Jonz! Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we do a group ride around Mt. Hood? Sorry, it's been a few years and I can't remember the names.

Would be very happy to ride with you, Astoria and area is great. Good luck with the move.

 

[Jonz_imp]

Yes it was the Guth led loop. Also in the smokey Crater Lake gathering.

 

[pdedse]

A close-up of the area that let's you see where this area diverges from 101.

I believe I'm entering Oceanside. Blue car parked on the right had three young ladies who were doing the same as I--stopping at all the nice photo spots. We crossed paths at least 3 times, maybe even a 4th. I think they were stalking me--likely, they thought the same of me.

Yes it was the Guth led loop. Also in the smokey Crater Lake gathering.

Ah yes! And I had to ask you there at Crater Lake, too, if we hadn't met before--sorry for the sketchy memory. My excuse is that I teach and all the students' names / faces over 30 plus years hasn't left me much space on the mental hard drive.

 

[pdedse]

Signs on the road going north warned of closure at Cape Meares, but it didn't say the lighthouse itself was closed, so time to visit...

Normally, one can keep going north and then the road bends back east away from the coast towards Tillamook, but not sure why of the closure, probably washed out somewhere.

At Tillamook, had to decide whether to call it a day or have dinner and stay till sunset. It was such a beautiful day, that it didn't feel right to finish quite yet.

Does Tillamook cheese make it to the midwest and back east? It's easily my favorite. Visit the factory if you're out here, it's fun to watch the whole process.

On to Garibaldi....

 

[Lord Popgun]

We have Tillamook ice creme and maybe butter (can’t remember for sure) in Va. Beach. Have to look for cheese.

 

[Stichill]

Wow, what an enchanting and breathtaking motorcycle travelogue! So many wonderful scenes; this one is jaw-dropping:

It's fantastic that both the bike and the distant shore / surf are in focus.

 

[the Ferret]

Beautiful pdedse

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Thanks for the share pdedse.

 

[pdedse]

Bought a sandwich from Subway and at the Garibaldi Marina, had dinner watching the birds waiting their chance for the crab fishermen to leave something for them to gobble up.

I love marinas. If I ever get too old to move around much, I hope they wheel me to a marina so I can watch the boats come and go.

Getting close to hiway 26 which takes me back to Portland

Last stop to watch the sunset at Arcadia pont, just before Canon Beach

At 8pm I headed home. First 45 minutes of the near 2 hour trip there was still light, but then I just settled in behind a van through the dark forests. So much easier to follow someone than to depend on the CB1100 headlights. Started at 10am and walked in the door at 10pm. Wife didn't even bat an eye...not sure if that's a good sign.

Around 300 miles for the day--the longest one day trip on the CB1100 since I went to the West Coast Rally back in August of 2018...hard to believe how much the virus has affected my trips.

April 16, 2021...a better than average riding day! Thanks for taking a look-see.

 

[Stichill]

Awesome sunsets! Not too much haze out there, really ideal.

 

[pdedse]

Wow, what an enchanting and breathtaking motorcycle travelogue! So many wonderful scenes; this one is jaw-dropping:

It's fantastic that both the bike and the distant shore / surf are in focus.

Thanks for the comments, Stichill. The CB in that photo actually blocks sight of the three young ladies that I crossed paths with several times. They are sitting on the bluff, right behind my motorcycle. If you enlarge the photo, you can barely make out the hair of one of them by the right fork. Now that I think about it, the shot might have been more interesting with them in it.


It can rain like mad here in April, and we're in the middle of about a 10 day stretch of fairly clear skies, warm temps for OR at 70 plus degrees. Very inviting for riding with the new camera. I wasn't sure about it at first, but it does allow one to do different things--I only use about 10% of its options and the buttons are kind of small, but it's fun to play with.