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01-01-2013, 11:21 PM
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Iron Man of Leisure
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: TX
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Things not to miss....
I am planning a trip from Seattle to Austin some time in the late summer and early fall.
I will be shipping my bike from Texas, the other dude is coming back from a rotation in Afghanistan, picking up a bike in Seattle and riding home. Both of us are long time riders but this is our first "really big trip". I know the Texas and Southwest area pretty well, but not the northwest. What is good to see?
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01-02-2013, 06:03 AM
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Master of the Obvious
Joined: Aug 2007
Location: North Central Washington
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Go north out of Seattle to Highway 20 westbound, then drop down 97 along the Columbia and head east, out through the basin, and catch 26 just south of I90. That'll get you to Idaho.
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01-02-2013, 07:14 AM
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ride the night
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Location: Arlington, WA
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all depends on the bike...
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01-02-2013, 07:14 AM
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a has-been that never-was
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Baja Sur winter. PDX summer (that's like 6 wks!)
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TX, need more info: 2 track dirt ok or is this all pavement ride? Camp or no camping?
Flaming Gorge area is a beaut. Also, million dollar hwy, Durango/Silverton and over the top north of there. Route in a trip to the top of the Sandias after Taos area rides, then cut east to Austin.
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01-02-2013, 07:27 AM
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Sunburnt
Joined: Sep 2011
Location: The great state of Idaho
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Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.
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01-02-2013, 07:33 AM
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icanhazdirt?
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: kirkland wa
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Tetons in WY... North Cascade Loop while in WA...
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01-02-2013, 08:37 AM
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Iron Man of Leisure
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: TX
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01-02-2013, 08:39 AM
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Iron Man of Leisure
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: TX
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Most of the route will be highway. The plan is not to get home as fast as possible, but we will not have a great deal of time for side trips. Thanks for the suggestions.
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01-02-2013, 08:52 AM
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ride the night
Joined: May 2010
Location: Arlington, WA
Oddometer: 1,751
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San juans, north cascades, whistler area, sunshine coast BC
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01-02-2013, 09:17 AM
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Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2012
Location: stumptown usa
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Two texas guys should go check out the OLYIMPIC PENNINSULA ITS ON THE COAST THE FARTHEST
NW you can get in the U.S. its so wet and green its amayzing its rain forest 
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01-02-2013, 09:21 AM
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Sunburnt
Joined: Sep 2011
Location: The great state of Idaho
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A friend of mine has a cabin on the coast right at the mouth of the Queets River so I got to spend a lot of time there growing up. It is one of the most amazing places in the world. |
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01-02-2013, 09:48 AM
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Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2012
Location: stumptown usa
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do it
and the salmon and steelhead are thick and plentifull
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01-02-2013, 10:28 AM
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Hammerhead
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Dry Shitties, WA
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Crater Lake although it may be too far South for the best route to TX.
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01-02-2013, 01:11 PM
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Gone
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Delete this account.
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Seeing the snow melted in the springtime is good.
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01-02-2013, 01:31 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2009
Location: College Place, WA
Oddometer: 164
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Columbia Gorge from WA State Highway 14, not I-84 in Oregon.
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