Travels with the Original Easyrider®
2014 Edition

The Blue Mountain Scenic Byway Tour
Ride Forest Roads 52, 53 and 73 from Heppner to Sumpter, Oregon
Stops at Heppner, Cecil, Ukiah and Granite, Oregon
Visit the Sumpter Valley Railroad, McEwen, Oregon
Ride through the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
And the Umatilla and Ochoco National Forest
Stop in Prairie City. Visit The John Day Fossil Beds
Stops at Shaniko and Grass Valley, Oregon
And then get home before the monsoons hit.

A 3 day, Memorial Day Weekend ride
May 24-26, 2014

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We were in Heppner in 2012.

Friday, 5/23/2014
PDX to Heppner
I-84 East, State Route 74 South - 210 miles

We visited Heppner in 2012.

Pictures of today's ride to Cecil, Oregon.





There's gas in Heppner (and Lexington) but it's 183 miles to the next gas in
Praire City. There is off brand fuel in Sumpter and a Pacific Pride station in
Ukiah, but if you don't have a big tank or carry extra fuel, the Blue Mountain
Scenic Byway may not be for you.



About 40 miles from Heppner and 60 miles from Sumpter is the little burb of
Ukiah, Oregon. Nice people. Pretty decent meal at the Thicket Cafe. Not much
else here in town. A Post Office and a Pacific Pride fuel station.



The main idea for this ride was to make Sumpter, Oregon the end destination and to
build a loop ride around it. When we rode by Granite, Oregon it looked like a
tiny little place up on a hill.... and not worth time time or effort to check out.
We'll probably go back again seeing as how the Sumpter destination turned out to be
a bust.

There is a narrow Gauge steam railroad that runs from Sumpter to McEwen, Oregon.
Also a gold dredge that looks like it might be interesting. Sumpter has an annual
"flea market" on Memorial Day weekend but ..famous last words here.... Sumpter is
literally in the middle of nowhere so how many people will show up for a "flea market"?
50? 100? How about *THOUSANDS*!!!!!! The place was packed with fucktards by the
time we got there at ~ 10:30. So I just rode on by.... we'll do this one another day.

Saturday, 5/24/2014
Heppner to Sumpter - 100 miles
Sumpter to Prairie City - 80 miles
Prairie City to Madras - 180 miles

Pictures of today's ride to Prairie City, Oregon.

Pictures of today's ride to The John Day Fossil Beds: Sheep Rocks Unit.

Pictures of today's ride to Painted Hills Unit.

Sunday, 5/25/2014
Madras to Shaniko - 40 miles
Shaniko to PDX via 97 North and S.R. 14 East - 180 miles

Pictures of today's ride to Shaniko, Oregon. More pictures of today's ride to Shaniko, Oregon

And still more pictures of today's ride to Shaniko, Oregon.

Pictures of past rides to Shaniko: 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Pictures of today's ride to Grass Valley, Oregon.

Pictures of Grass Valley taken in 2013 and 2014




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