The weather was too nice to waste this week (2016/09/13) so I had to take
another Oregon road trip.
Google Map Route: First Day
Stared up Germantown Road from OR 30 up over the top to Hillsboro.
Got stuck in a traffic jam for a while on 217 but finally got to 99W.
Have not been down that road for decades and wanted to see how it had changed.
The whole area has been built up dramatically all the way to McMinnville.
Beyond that it becomes decidedly rural.
Turned off to 223 at Rickreall up against the east side of the coast ranges.
Between Pedee and Kings Valley there are some very nice corners.
At Philomath I turned on to 34 that eventually ends in Waldport on the
coast.
Going over Mary's Peak the road turns into some very tight winding linked
corners, many of them blind.
Watch out for bicycles and log trucks. The trucks are moving fast.
At Alsea the road hugs the riverbank through Tidewater then to the back bay
part of Waldport.
I didn't get the camera out until around here.
The pics I did get are the relatively straighter parts of the roads.
The tight corners didn't get coverage because I was busy driving.
A cruise up 101 to Newport for the evening.
Got some shots at Yakina Head Park of the jetties that show up on the new
Discovery Channel show and the Newport Bridge.
Day two I went north the back way through Siletz up to Lincoln City.
Google Route Map: Second Day
After that more 101 to Pacific City and Cape Lookout.
Lookout had great corners up one side and down the other.
Continued on to Cape Mears. The map shows a loop through the park, but it was
closed at the park, so I had to backtrack a bit to get out to Tillamook.
From there, At Garibaldi, I turned onto Miami River Road which is narrow,
contorted and goes through some great farmland and over the hills to Nehalem.
Part way through I met a double trailer fuel truck hauling balls the other
direction. Whew.
There were numerous log trucks, but those are expected. The fueler on such
a tight road was a suprise.
From Nehalem I got on 53 up to 26.
Turned off 26 at the Nehalem River to Jewel and 202 then Mist. Then 47 goes
over Mist Mt. with more serious switchbacks up one side and down the other.
There's a great view of Mt Hood from the top, but I didn't stop there. Too
many people filling up the available pullouts and gawking.
One tank of gas down to Newport and filled up again when I got home. 9
gallons. I didn't note how many gallons in Newport, but it was about the same.