East Oregon 800.2

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Last weekend a few like minded souls thought it would be a good idea to drive out into the east oregon desert. 2.5 days, 850 miles, ski resorts, high desert, wild west ghost towns, snow and 90oF heat !!......Turned out to be a GREAT idea !

Electic mix on all levels, but cool cars, amazing roads and many many laughs. Everyone made it out...my 912 engine rebuild performed brilliantly in the heat and altitude changes, only issue for me was a leaking rear shock absorber. Others suffered a missing engine bolt and charging issues, but with some creative road side fixing it meant that everyone made it home again :









Mt Hood

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First night stay in Shaniko.....Looks like a film set, but its for real



















































* For legal reasons had to miss out the Bourbon tasting in the local saloon, vague memories

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Wake up and smell the hydrocarbons.....No one reported any sightings of the resident hotel ghosts ! (Might have been the Bourbon)









The road to Baker City...This was amazing ! Photos really don't give a sense of the openness or the colours and the roads are empty !






















And then into Baker City, almost at the Idaho border. Another cool hotel and some cool street parking images

[markm]

Looks like a great trip Chris, some good lookin cars there. As always fantastic photos

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And then pack up and head home on the hottest day of the year so far



Nothing to see here, just cleaning up the mess of a leaking shock absorber




There was a more direct way home, but everyone agreed to take the scenic 8000 feet Blue Mountain pass !

















Again, really can not capture the scale of it out there, I encourage anyone to come out and visit, I have some "spare" cars ...I was with a few talented photographers who did a better job capturing, so may post some updates.

Huge thanks to Paul Gaudio (red beetle), for the route planning...I have mentioned Paul before, cool guy who used to race an emory 356, now races a Viper green SWB twinplug 911. Has a bunch of cool cars and bikes, will see if he will let me share images of his garage

Cheers !

[Ian Comerford]

You can’t beat a road trip, thanks for sharing Chris

[yoda]

What a great trip and fabulous pictures! When you say you were with some talented photographers, you are underselling yourself!

Good to see you keeping well.

[neilbardsley]

Thank you for sharing Chris. Snow on the ground during your hottest day!

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[sladey]

Great stuff Chris - looks a fabulous trip and some great photos there

[Ralph]

Great photos.

[jtparr]

As even chris….amazing and beautiful atmospheric photos…looks like you guys had a fantastic adventure….the places you stopped at look like they have plenty of stories to tell

[jb]

Fabulous photos of a great trip thanks for sharing Chris
Like the snow on the hottest day of the year

[KS]

Great images!

[hot66]

Must have missed this when you first posted . Looks like a great trip and wonderful photos

[sladey]

Bunch of Johnny-cum-lateleys- at least one of us was paying attention back in June