Motorcycling Through Lassen Volcanic National Park

One of the highlights of our week-long motorcycle loop through Oregon and California was spending a couple days in Lassen Volcanic National Park. I had never heard of this park until I started looking at a map of national parks within some proximity to where we live in Spanaway, Washington. I don't know how long …

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Motorcycling Through Lava Beds National Monument

The longest day's ride of my birthday motorcycle trip was 280 miles, traveling from Bend, Oregon, to Fall River Mills, California. This stretch of our trip not only set a record for the most mileage I've put on my bike in one day, it was the first time we've had our bikes in California! It …

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Summer Afternoon in Sisters and Bend, Oregon

After our late morning hikes around Smith Rock State Park, we were ready for lunch - and Brian had researched the perfect spot in Sisters, Oregon! Sisters, Oregon A short and speedy ride from the park, we arrived in Sisters to find an extremely popular downtown strip. We quickly turned off the main drag and …

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Exploring Smith Rock, Oregon

Our first full day of my birthday motorcycle trip took us from Carson, Washington, to Bend, Oregon, with a little-more-than-halfway stop to stretch our legs at the highly recommended Smith Rock State Park. We had a lovely ride south from Hood River, initially taking a backroad that wound through hills and woods before rejoining a …

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