Fontanaman
Robin Trower
The wife and I decided to join our friends Doug and Meg on a ride to Windy Ridge Mt. St Helens. Here is our approximate route.
We met at 10:00am a wife friendly start time and wandered out though the Enumclaw plateau.
Mt. Rainier near Enumclaw.
I said approximate route cause we wondered around in a futile attempt to get to Hwy 7 to enjoy the twisty near LaGrande. We found Hwy 7 close for construction. So had to head to Eatonville and down to Alder where we started following a pack of motorcyclist all the way to Morton. Rather than following the motorcyclist up to Randle we decide to have lunch in Morton and stop for gas.
After refueling a feeding we continue east on Hwy 12.
A distant view of Mt. Adams.
Not long after taking this picture we road through a swarm of bees. Nobody was stung. We were wearing all our gear, all buttoned up with full helmets. The gear did it’s job.
We entered Randle and heading toward FS 25. Here is a photo of Forest Service road (FS) 25, a hall of trees.
FS 25 is very rough, especially northbound, and with high contrast lighting it is hard to pick out the bumps. We managed to miss most of them. Finally we reach the reason to be here, FS 99, a twist fest of fun! The first 5 miles of are my favorite but is all good.
FS 99 in the blow down area. Blow down because when the mountain blew on 1980, the trees got blown down.
This is one road you want to enjoy now, not later as the trees are coming back and the site lines are deteriorating
Mt. St. Helens from Windy Ridge. The cloud above the mountain was likely dust.
With the trees gone you can see Mt. Adams.
The trees have been floating in Spirit Lake since May 1980.
Mt St Helens from a different view point.
Linda and I on the FJR
Mt Adams
We head home on the bumpy FS 25 where I choose to follow a SUV making good time. This strategy helped identify where the bumps were.
It was warm out when we got back to Randle so we ran up east on Hwy 12 to Packwood and continued to Cayuse Pass where it was much cooler. From there it was a short ride home. Nice day to be out riding.
We met at 10:00am a wife friendly start time and wandered out though the Enumclaw plateau.
Mt. Rainier near Enumclaw.
I said approximate route cause we wondered around in a futile attempt to get to Hwy 7 to enjoy the twisty near LaGrande. We found Hwy 7 close for construction. So had to head to Eatonville and down to Alder where we started following a pack of motorcyclist all the way to Morton. Rather than following the motorcyclist up to Randle we decide to have lunch in Morton and stop for gas.
After refueling a feeding we continue east on Hwy 12.
A distant view of Mt. Adams.
Not long after taking this picture we road through a swarm of bees. Nobody was stung. We were wearing all our gear, all buttoned up with full helmets. The gear did it’s job.
We entered Randle and heading toward FS 25. Here is a photo of Forest Service road (FS) 25, a hall of trees.
FS 25 is very rough, especially northbound, and with high contrast lighting it is hard to pick out the bumps. We managed to miss most of them. Finally we reach the reason to be here, FS 99, a twist fest of fun! The first 5 miles of are my favorite but is all good.
FS 99 in the blow down area. Blow down because when the mountain blew on 1980, the trees got blown down.
This is one road you want to enjoy now, not later as the trees are coming back and the site lines are deteriorating
Mt. St. Helens from Windy Ridge. The cloud above the mountain was likely dust.
With the trees gone you can see Mt. Adams.
The trees have been floating in Spirit Lake since May 1980.
Mt St Helens from a different view point.
Linda and I on the FJR
Mt Adams
We head home on the bumpy FS 25 where I choose to follow a SUV making good time. This strategy helped identify where the bumps were.
It was warm out when we got back to Randle so we ran up east on Hwy 12 to Packwood and continued to Cayuse Pass where it was much cooler. From there it was a short ride home. Nice day to be out riding.
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