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2001 Crown Point Columbia River Hwy Oregon - 4-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, vintage magazine article.Page Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: GoodBY MARK HEISERAlbert C. Hayes was born in October 1888,in Austin, Minnesota. He was my first cousintwice removed, a member of the family so dis-tant that few knew anything about him. Yet asa surviving relative, I had inherited his per-sonal effects, including a number of very oldphotographs from the turn of the century,many taken in places far removed fromAustin. It appeared Albert had a passion for the open road,and traveling across unspoiled country.One photograph particularly fascinated me. It shows Albeit’s brother, Paul, strad-dling a motorcycle—his gaze determined and fixed. From behind the acetyleneheadlight, two American flags wave patriotically. The year was 1920 and the place,Crown Point, a popular stop along the Columbia River in Oregon.Seventyrriine- years after the photo above was taken, I decided to embark upon a.similar journey with my lifelong friend David. In the many years we’ve known eachother we have shared many road adventures, but never on motorcycles. The pho-tos provided a destination...a place to go that meant something, and a chance toconnect with the past.Although it was late August, we had not anticipated the blazing, penetrating heat ofCalifornia’s Central Valley, which drained every ounce of our energy. In an effort toescape the inferno, we made a beeline north on Interstate 5 and headed for the moun-tains above Redding. Needless to say, it was a long first day for two first-time tourers.Sometime before dawn on our first night camping, it began to rain big, quarter-\' sized drops that thumped on our tent; We hadn’t expected a storm, and we wereless than prepared. We packed up quickly and headed out in an effort to outflankthe weather. The morning provided a nice change from the day before—cool, crisp.. air ’and long stretches of rolling highway. We burrowed our way through theKlamath Forest, and deciding to avoid the freeway, continued on Highway 97toward Klamath Falls, Oregon. (Not exactly the directroute to Portland, but more interesting.) As we made a 180- . Ip \\ Vdegree loop around beautiful Mt. Shasta,- California, the rain jjjjpclouds seemed to follow us like stalkers.By nightfall we hit Portland, and decided to stay in a hotel, vso we could be dry and refreshed for the journey through the ? \\Columbia River Gorge. As we settled in for the night, I pondered ...4 Vthe next day’s itinerary and my thoughts turned again toward \'Albert and Paul. |aAlbert had a wife, Anna Mabie, who he married in 1933 when Jjm pflshe was 44. She was the thin thread that connected Albeit to my W 1family. Even less is known about Paul, other than he was an warchitect. However, through the many photographs, I feel as if |I know them both. They had many adventures. A trip to Iowa, J|marked by a black-and-white image of a farmer standing in arecently harvested onion field and a small, twisted suspen- |sion bridge in Mona. There’s a trip to New Orleans,Louisana, showing dock workers unloading grain from a - IT Jsteam ship, a small African-American boy in a horse-drawnmilk cart and a child pulling her mother across a street inthe French Quarter.Documenting their trip to the Columbia River Gorge,is a series of small photos chronicling the stops theymade while traveling in the Northwest. The MasonicTemple in Fargo, North Dakota; the U.S. military ships ■moored in Seattle, Washington; and the Shrine Band marching toward our Btwo wanderers in Vancouver, British Columbia. \"The next morning the weather was hot and humid as we made our waytoward the Gorge. Most of the Columbia River Highway is now Interstate- ----------------------------- -------------------------A Journey into History Along Oregon’s Columbia River Highway...15696
