Solo rip to Vale, OR

June 2nd, I decided that I needed to unwind, disconnect rather from the human race as much as possible even if only for a short period of time.  My friend Corey and I are hoping to go for a motorcycle ride to Bend, OR from Boise, ID.  This would be the longest trip to date I've ever rode.  Looking at the route he was explaining to me, I decided I would go do a little personal scout and see for myself just what at least the first leg of the trip was like.

I head west out of Boise, ID through to Parma, ID then south to Adrian, OR only to turn north up to Vale, OR.  It was awesome!

Theme song for the trip.  I highly encourage listening while looking through photos.

Oregon History

Roswell, ID

Just outside of Parma, ID entering Oregon to Adrian.

I stopped in at a grocery store once getting into Vale and randomly asking a guy who was buying enough Budlight to start his own cheerleading squad "Execuse me, do you know where a nice area is around here to hang out by some type of body of water?"  the guy was really nice and told me to keep to the right at a fork in the road west of town to head towards Bully Springs, a geo-thermal site.

I noticed a sign for "Community City Swimming Pool" when trolling through downtown.  Following the signs to go check it out, I happened to find their skateboard park!

After gassing up, I decided to head back to Boise.  The little random trip was easily the most fun I've had in a very very long time since the covid-19 pandemic, and was really the first of any notable travel I have done.  I loved the smell of nature during the ride, passing fields of farms, seeing horses, cows, and bulls just hanging out.  It was truly peaceful and I find myself just eagerly awaiting the next trip, because this mode of travel has happily become my newest addiction :)

Thanks for reading, JMR