It was a phenomenal day. A day of almost all amazing motorcycle roads. In the 7 or so hours we rode today there were literally less than 10 cars in our lane. You can’t ask for better. We saw our first plateau and I killed my first tumble weed (yeah, on purpose). There were roads that were switch backs for miles. You know it’s good when that smile slowly starts to spread across your face and just stays there. The scenery was unbelievable.. this was all thanks to a treasure map.
Last night Swampkat and I went and had dinner at a place with one of the most questionable Yelp reviews I’ve seen. We considered taking our knives. I’m not kidding.  There must be a big difference in what happens in this bar at 6pm compared to 10, because we had a blast. I had the best French dip in 10+ years and Kat’s food was excellent. Well, right behind us, on the bottom shelf of a mostly empty bookcase was this note pad with large sheets of paper. It looked innocent enough and I was just looking for something to read. So I grabbed one. Listed on the front were the 7 wonders of Oregon. Interesting enough…but on the back was a map! On this map were Oregon’s scenic byways. It was like we discovered treasure. We immediately started scheming, there are days and days of roads available/recommended,  how much of this can we cram 😉 into these remaining 2 days?
Like I said, today was outstanding. Finding the map and talking to locals has always been an exciting dice roll we’ve both come to love about road trips.  We are both beat up after all the amazing, but grateful.
Internet will become more hit or miss from this point on. We will post when we can, but expect some delays. No 360 today, the roads are too good. See you guys later.