Posted By TwoWheelsTebo on May 17, 2010

Well today I set of on a ride to test my new SPOT 2 and try to learn how to use it.  The was really just an excuses to go on a long ride. 270 some miles and a long visit with a friend later I’m back and have a trip map and some pics for you. 

Initially I thought about riding up to Silver Creek Falls near Silverton, OR.  I decided to keep the destination open depending on what interesting roads presented themselves along the way…and one did. That road was Breitenbush Rd. off of Hwy 22 near Detroit Lake.  One of my Hwy boards had worked loosed and I stopped beside the road to tighten the bolt.

Share your Adventures with SpotAdventures

Another biker (a woman who’s name I failed to get) stopped to see if I was ok as most bikers will do when they see another bike stopped beside the road.  She told me that she had just came from Breithenbush Rd. from Estacada and said it was an awesome ride.  Well, that was all the prodding I needed to change my plans.  She headded on towards Salem and I headed further up into the mountains towards Detroit.

I found lots of beautiful scenery, lots of good motorcycle road and a plethora of small waterfalls, which I love.  For those of you that like camping, there are a ton of campgrounds in the area and it would be a great place to camp.  Even though I didn’t have any camping gear with me on this trip I was tempted to spend the night up there and just sleep under the stars in my riding suit.  Maybe next time.

At a turn out along the Clackamas Hwy, I saw a couple of bikers taking a break and enjoying the scenery.  So I stopped and joined them for a while. Don and John were from Gresham and just our for an afternoon ride to get away from a pickup repair job that they had been working on and got tired of.  Nice guys.  We rode together for 10 miles or so until I spotted another place I wanted to stop to take some pictures.

The a bit further down the road, at the intersection of Clackamas Hwy and Sandstone Rd. I met John, Tom, Sue and Kathy.  They were also from Grehsam and taking a break.  I didn’t need another break, but I love meeting new people… especially when they are bikers, so I stopped and we shot the breeze fro 10 or 15 min.  Another great bunch of people they were and if I’m lucky, one day I’ll run into them on some other back road somewhere and we’ll have another nice chat. 

After my visit with John, Tom, Sue and Kathy I headed for Estacada, and then on to Silverton.  I have a good friend Jerry that lives in Silverton, so I decided to stop in and see if he was home.  I hadn’t seen him in over a year.  As fate would have it, he was home and his son who I haven’t seen in many years, was there and just about ready to leave.  After his son left, Jerry and I went into the house and visited and caught up on the latest with each other.  We had a great visit, and I didn’t leave until about 10:15pm or so.  That didn’t leave me any daylight to see Silver Creek Falls, so I just headed back to Brownsville.

All in all it was a very enjoyable ride and I would recommend Breitenbush Rd. to anyone that want’s a nice, scenic back road that don’t hardly have any traffic on it, and lots of places to camp or just stop and enjoy and take pictures.

Categories: Attachments, NA Biker, Oregon, Pics, Routes
Tags: