Introduction to the Ride

For the past few years a group of Gold Wing riders have gone on a ride that's affectionately called the "2.5 Mile" ride. It got its name when someone asked how much farther, and the answer was "2.5 miles". The name stuck. This will be my first one but I've vicariously followed all of the previous ones as I had another commitment on this weekend. I'm leaving from Seattle and heading for Pendleton via some favorite non-interstate highway roads.