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By joel, December 22, 2009 4:32 pm

I’ve been meaning to check out eastern Oregon for a while now. I’ve been thinking a little more seriously about it lately, and have plotted out a preliminary route. Part of the goal is to avoid the main highways, and cars, as much as possible. The other goal is to see a variety of scenery and end up with lots of photo opportunities.

Google Maps link when you click on the image.

The part that really bothers me about that map so far is highway 395. Every time I’ve been on 395 I could swear the engineers attempted to find the most boring way to drive through an area. There are often no passing zones, speed limits are too low, roads are too straight, and there are too many cars. I’m sure I’ll have to modify this route quite a bit to avoid some of the more crowded and boring stretches of road, but it will likely be worth it.

So far Google tells me this route is nearly 1500 miles and 35 hours of driving. I’m up for it..