Travels with the Original Easyrider®
2014 Edition

The Blue Mountain Scenic Byway Tour
Ride Forest Roads 52, 53 and 73 from Heppner to Sumpter, Oregon
Stops at Heppner, Cecil, Ukiah and Granite, Oregon
Visit the Sumpter Valley Railroad, McEwen, Oregon
Ride through the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
And the Umatilla and Ochoco National Forest
Stop in Prairie City. Visit The John Day Fossil Beds
Stops at Shaniko and Grass Valley, Oregon
And then get home before the monsoons hit.

A 3 day, Memorial Day Weekend ride
May 24-26, 2014


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I was out to Grass Valley, Oregon in 2013 and earlier in 2014.




Friday, 5/23/2014
PDX to Heppner
I-84 East, State Route 74 South - 210 miles

Pictures of today's ride to Cecil, Oregon and Heppner, Oregon.

Saturday, 5/24/2014
Heppner to Sumpter - 100 miles
Sumpter to Prairie City - 80 miles
Prairie City to Madras - 180 miles



Pictures of today's ride to Prairie City, Oregon.

Pictures of today's ride to The John Day Fossil Beds: Sheep Rocks Unit.

Pictures of today's ride to Painted Hills Unit.

Sunday, 5/25/2014
Madras to Shaniko - 40 miles
Shaniko to PDX via 97 North and S.R. 14 East - 180 miles



An abandoned Methodist church in Grass Valley, Oregon.
Built somewhere between 1880 and 1900. Information about when this church was
last used varies. Some say not long after WWII. Others say much later. There
does not seem to be any electricity wiring inside and just a small wood stove
for heat. That would put it's last use closer to 1950 than to more recent years.

Grass Valley, Oregon was first "discovered" by White men in October, 1848, by
three gold prospectors. In the Summer of 1849, it was visited again by Emigrants
searching for stray cattle. The first known building, a cabin, was built in
August, 1849. It was built by a party of five men on Badger Hill. These were
the town's first settlers.


Pictures of today's ride to Shaniko, Oregon. More pictures of today's ride to Shaniko, Oregon

And still more pictures of today's ride to Shaniko, Oregon.

Pictures of past rides to Shaniko: 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.




























Pictures of today's ride to Grass Valley, Oregon.

Pictures of Grass Valley taken in 2013 and 2014





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