2012 Edition
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This ride was originally planned for 2011.
This ride is sponsored by the clueless idiots at Occupy Portland. Living proof
that drugs will definitely fry your brain. Funded by the Billionaire George Soros
so that they can protest... wait for it.... WEALTHY PEOPLE! People that stupid
should not be allowed out in public without a handler.
Undeterred, we're off to enjoy what is probably one of the last warm, dry weekends
in 2012.
No problems finding fuel on this tour. There is no gas at the I-84/Highway 74
interchange so don't head down if you are on empty. There is an unbranded gas
station in Ione and Shell stations in Lexington and Heppner. The latter are open
on Sundays. There is a Hatts station in Condon, also open on Sunday. No gas that
we saw in Wasco or anywhere in between so you want to fill up in Heppner.
There are more pictures of this ride by clicking the links for:
Hardman part one,
Hardman part two,
Heppner and Ione.
Suzy is ready to head out for a nice weekend ride. She's showing off her new shoes
and clean, shiny self.
Here's a shot of downtown Lexington, Oregon. Pretty impressive, huh? The
Shell gas station is right behind us.
There isn't jack shit in Cecil, Morgan or Ruggs, Oregon either. A couple of houses and
that's about it.
This ride is part of the Oregon Blue Mountain Tour (more or less...)
Wasco has a larger population compared to Lexington but there isn't that much
here either. Just this little yellow caboose that Suzy liked.
Highway 206 is a lot of nothing between Heppner and Condon.
Ione seemed like a nice little town. Only a few hundred residents at most but
they have food and fuel here. The diner on the highway is supposed to be really
good. We didn't eat there but the parking lot was wall-to-wall trucks.
They even have a nice little park with bathrooms that have actual indoor plumbing!
Nice, shaded picnic benches where you can have a nice picnic if someone remembers to
pack a nice picnic lunch.....
Ione, Oregon 97843.
The Ione Amphitheater.
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