All packed and off to Oregon

We leave soon for our first long motorcycle trip this year: 16 days through Oregon. We had originally planned to do this trip a year ago, but scrapped it in favor of LA/San Diego/Joshua Tree. Our initial plan was a 2,000-mile circle around all of Oregon, but we decided that was too ambitious, so we'll be sticking to the western half of the state.

First, we'll head up the coast, through the redwood forests.

We'll camp at the Oregon dunes and explore the central coast.

Then we'll hop off the bike for a few days in Portland.

We follow that up with a few days of hiking, kayaking, waterfalls, orchards and breweries in the Columbia River Gorge and at Mt. Hood.

In Bend, we plan to float down a river before stopping at Crater Lake on our way back to California.

Milky Way over Crater Lake

- Steph

Photos by Ulrich Burkhalter, Gregory Pruden, Christopher Michel, Ben and Joe Parks.