"On A Clear Day......"

[Robert Mielke]

Finally, Winter has lost its grip on the Pacific Northwest. The last three days have seen record high temperatures in Oregon & I just happen to have 5 days off in a row. :wave: My first mission was to head as far away from the coast as possible. You see, the tourists will be flocking there in herds. Instead, I headed to the mountains, in particular, Mt hood. Because of all the passes I crossed to get there the temperature varied greatly, from a low of 59 to a high of 82. I wore my Joe rocket Phoenix jacket and did get a chill at 59 degrees. I made it all the way to the top of Mt. Hood at Timberline Lodge. Again, tourists abounded so I did a U-turn in the parking lot and headed back down the mountain. Mt. Hood was beautifully capped in snow along with the clearest blue skies I've seen in over 6 months. Today Mt. Hood, tomorrow, Mt. St. Helen.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hi Bob,

I like the presentation of the great mountain as an honest narrative. You motorbike provides some honest grounding, letting us know you are really at one with the elements. We then can imagine from your point of view the great snow capped mountain with her skirts of pine trees that you wind towards as you make your way round the base.

Such beauty can of course be shown form a helicopter or the choice vista position that most of us would take an important photograph.

However, this is more personal and I appreciate being, as it were, able to ride with you! Did you ever shoot down to the timber?

Asher

 

[Robert Mielke]

I actually had that chance but the narrow roads, surrounded by mounds of snow, made it dangerous todo so.

 

[Georg R. Baumann]

Hi Robert,

reminds me to a friend of mine who runs the most successful photoshop and design magazine in Germany, in former times he was press speaker of the major rivaling biker clubs in Germany, yeah, got that right, speaker for both of them he was.

Love that shot with the ?BMW. In fact it is a dream of mine, I would love to make a driving license for a bike before I am too old, get a Gold Wing and do some tours through Ireland and Scottland.

 

[Robert Mielke]

Hi Robert,

reminds me to a friend of mine who runs the most successful photoshop and design magazine in Germany, in former times he was press speaker of the major rivaling biker clubs in Germany, yeah, got that right, speaker for both of them he was.

Love that shot with the ?BMW. In fact it is a dream of mine, I would love to make a driving license for a bike before I am too old, get a Gold Wing and do some tours through Ireland and Scottland.

Please, oh please don't wait until you're too old to enjoy it. I'm 59 and been riding since 1980. This, my 4th BMW, is three years old & has 46,500 miles on it already.

So many people, when asked what they want to do when they retire say "travel". I'm still working full time and have ridden over 400,000 miles over the past 29 years. I'm not slowing down anytime soon. I'm heading for Mt. St. Helens with another biker friend today.

 

[Don Cohen]

Very nice shots, but even nicer bike!!

I bought a new 1988 K100-RS Special and had a blast riding it for a number of years. My favorite trip was doing the whole Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive one fall.

I sold it several years ago to help pay for photo gear (!), and also deciding to 'quit while I was ahead'!