Travels with the Original Easyrider®
2017 Edition

Ride to the Ghost Town of
Bickleton, Washington
And lunch at the Bluebird Inn
For a yummy 2x2 cheeseburger

With a stop to visit Ada Ruth Whitmore
at the
Whoop-n-Holler Ranch and Museum
Bickleton, Washington

A 325 mile round trip ride
September 23, 2017


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This is an annual ride for us. Often, if the weather is good, more than once a year.
Been coming out here since around 2005 or so. But didn't have a web site or a decent
camera back then. The Bluebird saloon [re]opened in ~ 2006. Before that, the town was
just a whistle stop. Had lunch in Goldendale back then.

Pictures taken on Bickleton area rides in 2006.
The Spring 2010 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Spring 2011 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Spring 2012 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Spring 2013 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The 2013 ride to the Bickleton car show is posted HERE.
The Spring 2014 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Summer 2014 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Fall 2014 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Spring 2015 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The Summer 2015 ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The 2015 season finale ride to Bickleton is posted HERE.
The 2016 season opener ride to Bickleton is posted HERE
The 2017 season opener ride to Bickleton is posted HERE
The 2017 Summer ride to Bickleton is posted HERE

The 2017 Fall ride to Bickleton is posted HERE

The Summer 2014 rides to Cleveland are posted HERE and HERE.

The 2014 visit to the Bickleton Whoop-n-Holler Ranch Museum is posted HERE.
The 2015 visit to the Bickleton Whoop-n-Holler Ranch Museum is posted HERE.
The 2016 visit to the Bickleton Whoop-n-Holler Ranch Museum is posted HERE.
The 2017 Spring visit to the Bickleton Whoop-n-Holler Ranch Museum is posted HERE.
The 2017 Fall visit to the Bickleton Whoop-n-Holler Ranch Museum is posted HERE.

We were out to the Bickleton Methodist Cemetery in 2017

We were out to the Bickleton IOOF Cemetery in 2017

Pictures of the Boot Hill cemetery in Cleveland, Washington are posted HERE, HERE and HERE.

Pictures of our 2014 stop in Roosevelt, Washington
Pictures of our Spring 2015 stop in Roosevelt, Washington
Pictures of our Fall 2015 stop in Roosevelt, Washington
Pictures of our 2014 stop in Blockhouse, Washington
Pictures of our 2015 stop in Blockhouse, Washington
Pictures of our 2015 stop in Maryhill, Washington
Pictures of our 2016 stop in Maryhill, Washington
Pictures of our 2017 stop in Maryhill, Washington

Pictures of our 2015 stop in the Ghost Community of Dot, Washington
Pictures of our 2017 stop in Dot, Washington




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Check the Bluebird Inn's HOURS before heading out.


The Bluebird is the oldest operating tavern in the state.

This building was constructed by Jacob N Jensen for C.E. Flower and Doctor Hamilton
Blair for a drug store and dwelling in the spring of 1887. It became a saloon that
fall. In 1903 a Brunswick pool table was purchased that remains in the Bluebird
today. A barber shop was in the back of the tavern in the early years.

The east side of the building was added for living quarters in 1965. At about the
same time, the unspoken policy was broken when women were finally allowed and even
welcome to the tavern.

A brick hearth and chimney for wood heaat was added inside and a boardwalk on the
outside constructed in 1986. More changes were made in 1987 when a deck and a brick
barbeque were added to the west side. In 2004 a new front porch was constructed.
The wagon wheel rail was added in 2006 to separate the bar and pool table from the
restaurant side.

There have been many owners of the Bluebird and it has operated under several
different names. The Bickleton Club was used for twenty five years and was the
longest used name until the current name. The present name has been used since
the late 1970s.




Here is some updated information about the Bickleton area:
The Methodist Cemetery is just East of Bickleton.
The IOOF Cemetery is on top of the hill above Bickleton to the north on a paved road.
The school at the Whoop n Holler museum was originally located 1/4 mile NW of
the intersection of East Road and Matsen Road. In Fairview.




Ada Ruth's latest project is cleaning up and exhibiting all of these
old glass power pole insulators.


These images were taken with my Nikon D810 and my fancy, schmancy,
$1,100 new (but I got it used for a lot less) Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 AIS
manual focus lens.








Here's a picture of Laurence and Ada Ruth with their Daughter. Undated
but was probably taken around 1945.




Here's the newlyweds near the end of Laurence's life. Taken around 2015.









They continue to do a lot of work on the Bluebird Inn. Looks
a lot different than it did the first time I saw it many moons ago.










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