Heading up the Kickitat Canyon

Maddog and I along with the HOG chapter will be heading up over MT Hood then into WA state and up the Kickitat river canyon and into Goldendale WA. Plan is to come back down into the Columbia Gorge and then up the Deschutes river. Unfortunately I won't have the big bike and will have to do a 300 plus mile trip on my Springer.

The first pic is not to far from my place then the others are of the Klickitat and then Deschutes river areas.

Yep I do and time for me to get up and get going on the ride. I'll get some pics on the ride today.

We did the ride, had 70 bikes and split it into 2 groups. Didn't get to many pics as can't stop while in a group. Rode 345 miles today. Fun day but a long day.
First pic is where we all stopped for our first break. Then there is the pic of the grass lands that we rode through then down on the Deschutes river at a place called Shears Bridge where the Indians fish. They are allowed to use nets and gill nets. Last pic is where we came around a corner with MT Hood staring down at us. Had an enormous deer come trotting out in front of us just before it the pic of MT Hood. If he would have waited just one second longer they would be pulling deer hair out of my teeth.

Gotta watch out for Rattlers down along this part of the Deschutes river. But there are plenty of lakes up there. That highway where I took the pic of MT Hood is the old pioneer trail called the Barlow Trail, its a section of the Oregon Trail. One summer it was 100 and we were up there so we rode over to Sportsmens lake and took my wallet out then jumped in boots and all. Man did that feel good. Boots dried out OK to.