{"id":688,"date":"2015-02-01T06:35:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanderinglines.com\/?p=530"},"modified":"2015-02-01T06:35:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T13:35:33","slug":"on-to-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"On to Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I force myself to stay in the tent at least till dawn breaks; otherwise our schedules will be incompatible.\u00a0 I have developed a specific routine to give Lori more time to sleep, while I start prepping for the days travels.\u00a0 It\u2019s a compromise, I generally get up very early and start my day, Lori would prefer to sleep in.\u00a0 With this routine I\u2019m not moving as fast as I\u2019d like to be, but Lori is moving faster than she would normally, so we meet in the middle. Once coffee and tea is ready I wake Lori with a cup, it is just barely enough incentive to get her going.\u00a0 After breakfast Lori showers while I start packing the bike so we can be off at a reasonable time, with that said we are rarely moving before 9 am.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a matter of just ride, ride, ride, but we\u2019re trying to cover a lot of miles and if we want to have the leisure to stop, then we need to budget our time.\u00a0 Unlike car travel, a 500 plus mile day is hard on a motorcycle, 350 mile days are what I like to plan for and 150\u2013250 mile days provide opportunities to really see an area while traveling leisurely. Anyhow with these kinds of time\/mileage constraints if we don\u2019t start rolling till noon, we either aren\u2019t going to get very far or we aren\u2019t going to stop much.<\/p>\n<p>Late last night a couple of motorcyclists pulled into the campsite across from ours.\u00a0 While we were both packing this morning we visited a little bit, the basic questions; where are you going? Where have you been?\u00a0 Turns out they had been riding around Yellowstone and were heading back home to Spokane; they were planning on taking a loop through northeastern Oregon but ran out of time.\u00a0 Since they weren\u2019t going to be able to ride through northeastern Oregon and we were, they offered to let us take their riding guide book on the area and mail it back to them latter.\u00a0 We appreciated the offer but settled for letting Lori read through some of the routes so we could decide what route to take across Oregon.\u00a0 Over the years we\u2019ve grown somewhat accustomed to help and generosity from fellow riders, this is not an exception.\u00a0 We wished each other safe travels and were both on our way within 5 minutes of each other.<\/p>\n<p>I typically know where we want to end up at the end of the day, but don\u2019t have a rigid plan of how we will get there.\u00a0 Today we are going to start by heading towards Enterprise, Oregon on highway 129, which will take us through the Grande Ronde River Canyon.\u00a0 I had hoped to make it through here last night and camp on the other side of the canyon, but we were worn out and the heat in the canyon would have been miserable.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s overcast, but the temperature is pleasant.\u00a0 We cross the river to Clarkston, Washington and turn south on 129.\u00a0 We ascend out of the out of the river bottom onto bench land covered in wheat fields that are being lit by the morning sun as it peeks through the clouds, the day is starting out wonderfully.\u00a0 After about 20 miles we start the descent into an arm of Hells Canyon formed by the Grande Ronde River.\u00a0 The road is tight twisties as it descends and ascends the canyon walls and there is no traffic, allowing for a pleasant spirited ride for about 20 miles.\u00a0 Once on the other side of the canyon the terrain changes to rolling bench land with occasional views of the canyon to the east, it\u2019s here just after you enter the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest that I would like to explore as a possible campsite in the future.<\/p>\n<p>We get to Enterprise about 10:30, the coffee I made this morning wasn\u2019t the best and we are ready for a break.\u00a0 After riding around town a bit we find an establishment downtown named Gypsy Java, it looks interesting, we go in.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of eclectic, lots of seemingly unrelated things around, furniture, games, books, art work, musical instruments, we like it.\u00a0 We visit with the barista, probably the proprietor, as she gets our orders.\u00a0 Slow, but excellent, the day is still beautiful and we take the handmade mugs outside to enjoy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_536\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanderinglines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_7263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanderinglines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_7263-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Suzuki V-strom\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_7263-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_7263-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_7263-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_7263.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suzuki V-strom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our bike sits on the street fully loaded with our discarded riding gear draped over it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a dual sport motorcycle developed for adventure touring, a Suzuki DL-650 V-Strom.\u00a0 All of our supplies for a two week trip are packed onto the motorcycle.\u00a0 In the right side case are our clothes, the left side case contains our tent, sleeping bags and sleeping pads, the tank bag has our toiletries, electronics, and maps, the tank panniers carry water and tools; everything we need on our trip except food, which we buy as we go.\u00a0 We have a topcase on the back of the bike for storing helmets and gear when we stop, but it is usually empty when we are riding; this helps maintain the proper weight distribution for riding.\u00a0 I always enjoy riding into a campground filled with Assorted RV\u2019s loaded with toys, towing other toys and am glad we don\u2019t require as many things to enjoy traveling.<\/p>\n<p>Adventure touring motorcycles are configured to be multifunctional, opposed to street racing or off road motorcycles, they are able to perform many tasks.\u00a0 Some of the characteristics common to adventure touring motorcycles include an upright riding position, wider handle bars and suspension that is more compliant and has a greater range of travel; this allows them to more easily travel on both paved and unpaved surfaces.\u00a0 Other than a few basic similarities individual makes can vary widely, from 400cc to 1200cc and from more dirt oriented to more street oriented.\u00a0 In reality any motorcycle can be used for adventure travel, the most important element is a rider with a desire and the skills to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>The V-Strom is at the lower end of the price curve for a bike that is configured for adventure touring and able to easily ride 2 up.\u00a0 The engine does seem to be working when we are droning down the interstate 2 up, but it is more than capable when riding the back roads, and we hate riding the interstate anyway.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a dirt bike by any means, most adventure touring bikes aren\u2019t, but we have ridden many miles on dirt roads and jeep trails, a nice option when traveling.\u00a0 Depending on how hard we ride we can go a little over 200 miles before we need to fuel up, and when there is a need we can ride easy and get 250 miles out of it.<\/p>\n<p>The sun was breaking through the clouds in a few places to the east, but we were heading west towards an incoming front.\u00a0 We weren\u2019t out of Enterprise more than 30 miles on highway 82 before we started feeling the change in the weather, the winds became strong out of the southwest producing a headwind as we got closer to La Grande.\u00a0 By the time we reached La Grande we needed fuel and a rest from the weather.<\/p>\n<p>I realized this was going to be a hard day of riding.\u00a0 I wanted to make Bend, Oregon before stopping which was at this point about 300 more miles; it was already 12:30, considering the roads probably 6 more hours of riding.\u00a0 The fuel break turned into and hour, early in a trip there is no such thing a s quick stop, we are still getting into the routine.<\/p>\n<p>The winds were not as big a factor after we left La Grande, but the temperature continued to drop for the rest of the day and we rode through a few rain squalls.\u00a0 The roads were good; I\u2019ve ridden through northeast Oregon a number of times and have yet to find a bad road, apparently I\u2019m not the only one who thinks so, local stores in the area have printed up a motorcycle touring map they give out.\u00a0 We picked up 244 to Ukiah and from there we headed towards Heppner.<\/p>\n<p>From Heppner we took Hwy 207 south to Mitchell. We needed fuel and\u00a0 Mitchell is not much of a town; at one time been prosperous but not anymore. Mitchell is just east of the John Day Fossil beds National Monument on Hwy 26, I\u2019d guess that much of their business comes from motorcyclist on day rides from Bend, enjoying the twisties through the canyon.\u00a0\u00a0 None the less there was an old gas station, with not quite antique pumps.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t look open, but as we rode up the attendant walked out from behind the building to fuel us.\u00a0 Oregon passed a law that doesn\u2019t allow for self service fuel pumps, but it does exempt motorcyclist as long as an attendant starts the pump for them.\u00a0 Fortunately we had cash in small bills, the operation didn\u2019t take credit cards and for a cash drawer there was an assortment of change spread out across the top of the gas pump.\u00a0 We kind of have to envy the ability for a business man to be able to say \u201cthe hell with modernization I\u2019m gonna run it this way\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We are both pretty worn out by this time, every so often the sun peeks through the clouds giving the hope that it will warm up; the hope is false.\u00a0 We are about 100 miles from Bend and there are two towns that may have lodging before we get there, Prineville and Redmond.\u00a0 I do a quick search on my phone to see if there are any decent lodging prices and find none.\u00a0 We will push on to Bend.<\/p>\n<p>There is a State Park campground just north of bend on the Deschutes River called Tumalo, we\u2019ve stayed there in the past.\u00a0 The State Parks in Oregon are nice; many have options besides tent camping such as yurts, tepees or log cabins which we have used in the past.\u00a0 We were both chilled as we pulled into Tumalo State Park.\u00a0 In our rush to get here we didn\u2019t stop to put on heated gear as it cooled off.\u00a0 After hours of riding in falling temperatures you lose a lot of heat from your body and I have to say apparently we don\u2019t learn very quickly because this happens once about every trip.\u00a0 I had hoped one of the yurts would be available, they have heaters and we would be able to warm up, but there weren\u2019t. The price had also gone up, last year the yurts rented for $27 per night and now they were $39.<\/p>\n<p>I looked up hotels and found some that started at $35, so we went into town and got one.\u00a0 I use an app on my phone called \u201cHotel Price Compare\u201d, it looks at 30 different hotel booking sites for last minute deals, it came up with a good one at $42.\u00a0 While checking in the front desk attendant said the price would be $52, I told him it was advertised at $42 and he said that was for 1 person.\u00a0 I was too tired and cold to argue or go somewhere else so we checked in.<\/p>\n<p>We immediately turned up the heat, got out of our wet clothes then took hot showers to get the heat back in our bodies.\u00a0 While Lori was showering I went across the street and got a Pizza and a bottle of wine and we were done for the night, all is good.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow our pace changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I force myself to stay in the tent at least till dawn breaks; otherwise our schedules will be incompatible.\u00a0 I have developed a specific routine to give Lori more time to sleep, while I start prepping for the days travels.\u00a0 It\u2019s a compromise, I generally get up very early and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/?p=688\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-trips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On to Bend - Meandering Lines<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meanderinglines.com\/?p=688\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On to Bend - Meandering Lines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I force myself to stay in the tent at least till dawn breaks; otherwise our schedules will be incompatible.\u00a0 I have developed a specific routine to give Lori more time to sleep, while I start prepping for the days travels.\u00a0 It\u2019s a compromise, I generally get up very early and... 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