ROUTE DETAILS

Thanks to everyone at Rose City Motorcycle Club who mapped this route and organized the ride making for a great day's motorcycling for this year's participants. The route has been modified slightly in the last leg to allow for future rides during the summer months when alternate routes are open.

OUT

• Meet at Oregon Air National Guard Armory  at 6255 NE Cornfoot, Portland, OR 97218 at 6:00am
• Go east out of Armory gates on NE Cornfoot to NE Alderwood and turn left
• Continue on Alderwood and go left onto 82nd Avenue. Follow 82nd Avenue to Airport Way and turn right.
• From Airport Way fork right onto I-205 and follow signs to Salem
• Merge from I-205 onto I-5 south and leave freeway at Exit 260A, Salem Parkway.
• Continue south on Salem Parkway to Marion Street NE and turn right onto Hwy 22 following signs to Dallas and Ocean Beaches
• Follow Hwy 22 and leave at Exit 16 onto 99W and go south on 99W
• Continue south on Hwy 99 to Monroe
• In Monroe, turn right onto Territorial Way
• Turn right onto Hwy 36, then turn left onto Poodle Creek Road toward Hwy 126
• At Hwy 126 turn left at stop sign and continue until left turn onto Noti Loop Road. STOP FOR GAS
• From Noti, turn right from gas stop onto Vaughn Road
• Continue through Vaughn to Crow. In Crow, turn right (south) onto Territorial Road.
• Continue south on Territorial through Lorane to Hwy 99 and turn right onto Hwy 99W and Hwy 38 to Drain
• In Drain STOP FOR LUNCH at Gateway Inn

BACK

• From Drain go west on Hwy 38 and turn left on Hwy 138, (Elkton Sutherlin Hwy) to Sutherlin
• In Sutherlin, turn left (north) onto Hwy 99E. Continue on 99E and merge onto I-5 North
• Leave I-5 at Exit 194A and turn right onto Hwy 126
• Continue on Hwy 126 to Rainbow and STOP FOR GAS
• From Rainbow, continue east on Hwy 126 until intersection with Hwy 20. Go east on Hwy 20 following signs to Sisters and Bend.
• At intersection with Hwy 22, turn left and go west on Hwy 22 to Detroit
• From Detroit (summer months only), go north on NF46 to Estacada
• From Estacada, continue on Hwy 224 into SE Portland and END OF RIDE

STATS

• Total miles: Approx. 500
• Longest gas interval miles: 100
• Conditions as of 5/9/09: Pay attention to 'Rough Road' signs in some areas

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