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Hells Canyon Ride

Discussion in 'Trips N' Trails - the ride is the adventure' started by FLHTbiker, Jun 12, 2011.

  1. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    OK, I'm going to bore you to death with a bunch of pics. I'm back from my trip with my friend Vern and we did 914 miles. Baker City sits at the far side of Eastern Oregon at the base of the Blue Mtns and is the entrance to the beginning of the Hells Canyon where the Snake River has carved it out for more years than I know. Hells Canon is wider in places than the Grand Canyon.
    The road where we crossed over the river to the Idaho side to ride down to the damn is 25 miles long and don't think there was but one short straight stretch. Nothing but constant switch backs and 1,2 and 3rd gear is all you need. The road at some places has cliffs that go straight up and down with solid rock cliffs where some hang out over the road and yea feel like you want to duck your head. We went to the damn at a very fast pace and when we reached the damn we knew we had just done a workout.
    We took our time coming back up and stopped for some picks. Got some pics of others areas and in the town of Halfway, Cool little place but gets dang cold in winter with an average of 68 inches of snow and minus temps.

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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    In the first photo from the previous post there is a creek flowing down cliffs and you can see 3 water falls.
    Here are a few other various pics and some pics of a couple Boss Hoss trikes. The pickup trike was really cool. 365 HP with a Chevy 350 turbo 3 speed auto tranny.

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    thats some cool looking mountians , bet you felt better riding :D
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Yep, Cowboy it felt really good to be riding again and was a good ride.
    FLHTbiker, Jun 13, 2011
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    You have more pictures of bikes than you do of scenery! :gah::wtf:
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    i am still waiting to be bored to death with pics............lol lol
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  8. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Here are a few more JB, its just to hard to stop all the time and take some pics. There was one place I wanted to stop on the way back but couldn't get Vern to stop. It was a beautiful snow capped mountain range that they call the Alps of the west. They remind me of a saw tooth.

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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    I found a few pics of the area we rode through to get there, pretty cool.

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    Boss Hoss Bikes are Cool.
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    JohnnyBiker Well-Known Member

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    In the last 4 pictures I really liked the last one..... That was way cool. :cool:
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    I envy you due to your ability to travel relatively short distances to rides like that! Very nice!
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Short, it was 369 miles to get there.
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    I said "relatively short". I'd have to travel a couple thousand to see those sights! :gah:
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    Shouldn/t You be Workin.

    Don't you feel Guilty for not gittin yer butt out and makin Money.....
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    nope not at all, he's on medical leave:cool:
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    All work and no play is an early grave. Yea got to loosen up and live a little CB.
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    great pics...i GOT to get up that way!!!!
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    :cool:
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    Looks like good times. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful photographs.
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    Make sure you take a min of two weeks to spend just here. :D
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