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God’s Own Racetrack, Part 1

Posted by Rob Brooks | Jul 1, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 6 |

Wayward Sons

Posted by Ted Edwards | May 8, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 26 |

God’s Own Racetrack, Part 1

by Rob Brooks | Jul 1, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 6 |

The sign at the starting point of Idaho’s Winchester Grade should have been a clue, should have served as an early warning that we were riding into a danger zone- “Closed To Thru Traffic. Locals Only.” We ignored the warning. “Aw, that sign’s been there for years,” one guy quipped. “Yeah, just a little bumpy pavement,” declared another. “The views are worth the road,” chimed in a third. I was thinking, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”

Wayward Sons

by Ted Edwards | May 8, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 26 |

Close your eyes and visualize Oregon. What does your mind see? Picturesque lighthouses standing watch on jagged coastlines? Liberal urbanites of Portland? Westward expansion along the Oregon Trail? Tall timber forests full of battling loggers and protesters?No matter what your mind’s eye sees, you are both right and wrong. True, Oregon is all of those things but there is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story.