Oregon is a Wonderland

I’ve said it before but here we are again. I started a motorbike journey with my old friend, Mick Sumpter, from Portland to Moab, UT and cut diagonally across Oregon. From Portland across the base of Mount Hood – burst out of the forest to Maupin – across the Deschutes and into the high desert to Shaniko and then to Antelope – into the back country to the former Rajneesh compound – up and over on dirt roads into the John Day River valley – through the Painted Hills to Mitchell – from John Day to Burns through the National Forest – across Malheur Lake and onto Frenchglen and the Steens Mountains.

That is 400 miles – about the same distance as riding from London to Edinburgh – across a new eco zone every hour. An amazing place.

Photos – Mick and I all clean before we left, the Painted Hills, and the morning view from the Frenchglen Hotel across to the Steens.