4th Annual POW-MIA Highway 26 Memorial Ride, Honoring the POW-MIA from Oregon. We will start the day before the official ride from Bend, OR at 7 am at Wildhorse Harley-Davidson and ride to Seaside that day with a stop in Sublimity where the town will host a luncheon-memorial. Then on to Seaside Oregon with a end at the American Legion there for dinner.
Tickets can be purchased on line at: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/pow-mia-highway-26…
Riders can join us with ticket purchase at any given stop. All riders must check in and comply with our ride itinerary.
All riders ride at their own risk and expense. All riders are required to have emergency contact information sheets provided filled out, one on your person and one in our files for reference if needed. License and insurance requirements as per the state of Oregon are also required to be maintained by each riders. Riders and passengers are required to purchase tickets. Meals and snacks will be provided as we can. Overnight accommodations and other expenses are at each riders expense. We will have breakfast items on Friday. We will have a meal Friday Evening, Saturday lunch, Saturday evening, Sunday Lunch and a snack Sunday evening. Only for ticketed riders.
We will have OVMA Supporter shirts, sweatshirts and other items for sale, We will have 50/50 raffles, prize raffles, and other fun fund raising contests throughout the run. This is a non-profit Veterans Organization fund raiser.
This event is being organized and run by the Oregon Veterans Motorcycle Association High Desert Eagles Chapter, OVMA-HDE
Chapter President Larry Moyer lemoldsnut@aol.com 541-815-4363
Chapter Vice Pres. Cliff Brumels breecher51@gmail.com 602-320-4983
We start the run on Saturday June 24th 7:30 am at the American Legion and ride to Madras Oregon for a wonderful dinner ceremony at the Erickson Air Collection. The full run Itinerary is as follows:
FRIDAY, JUNE 23rd (Bend to Seaside-250 miles)
07:00 am- Meet Wild Horse Harley Davidson in Bend, Oregon & Registration
8:45 am- Safety Briefing by State Road Captain
9:00a.m.- KSU- First leg 92.5 miles
10:44 am- Maples Rest Area/Hwy 22 w/Gates, OR
11:10 am-Safety Briefing
11:25 am-KSU State Police Escort to Sublimity/ Second leg 22.5 miles
11:50 am- Sublimity-Fuel (Chevron)/Lunch Veterans Park
1:15 pm- Safety Briefing
1:30 pm- KSU Third leg 85.8 miles
3:16 pm- Tillamook Rest Area
3:45 pm- Safety Briefing
4:00 pm-KSU Fourth leg 56.3 miles
5:18 pm-VFW/Legion 1315 Broadway St. Seaside, Or for Dinner/Events
6:30 pm-Disperse to Hotel
SATURDAY, JUNE 24th (Seaside to Madras, OR 198 miles)
07:30 am- Registration Opens American Legion Post #99 in Seaside, Be Fueled Up
08:15 am- Platoon Staging & Safety Briefing
(Mandatory for all Riders/Support Personnel)
08:30 am- Group Picture at Prom Circle
9:00 am- KSU First leg 76.9 miles
10:30 am- Beaverton (American Legion Park)-American Legion Post 124
11:00 am-Safety Briefing
11:15 am- KSU Beaverton Police Escort/Second leg 3.9 miles
1130 am-Arrive Paradise Harley Davidson, Tigard, OR /Lunch/Register New
Riders
12:30 pm-Safety Briefing- For all Riders/Support Personnel (State Road Captain)
12:45 pm-KSU Third leg 33.3 miles
1:45 pm-Fred Meyers-16625 SE 362nd, Sandy, Or for Fuel/Rest
2:15 pm-Safety Briefing
2:30 pm- KSU Fourth leg 90.8 miles
4:13 pm-Erickson Air Museum, Madras, OR
5:00 pm-Dinner and Recognition of Special Guests
TBD Depart for the Evening, return fueled Sunday morning
SUNDAY, JUNE 25th (Madras to Ontario, OR 292 miles)
07:00 am- Registration – Plateau Travel Center, Madras, OR (Be Fueled Up)
07:45 am-Safety Briefing (Mandatory for all Riders/Support Personnel)
08:00 am-KSU First leg 147 miles to John Day with rest stop at
Ochoco Rest Area
11:15 am- Arrive John Day 240 S. Canyon Blvd, for Fuel
11:30 am- KSU to Elks
12:40 pm- Safety Briefing-Mandatory for all Riders/Support Personnel
12:55 pm-KSU Second leg 49.3 miles
1:50 pm-Rest Stop- (Burnt River Motel, 304 US 26, Unity, Or)
2:10 pm-Safety Briefing
2:25 pm-KSU Third leg 76.7 miles Time Change to Mountain Time
Add 1 Hour
4:45 pm- Arrive at Cairo Elem. School/ Police Escort to
4 Rivers Cultural Center
6:30 pm- Conclude Ceremony and Mission Complete!!
MONDAY, JUNE 26TH (ONTARIO TO BEND) RETURN HOME
8:30 a.m.- Meet & Safety Briefing in Quality Inn Parking Lot (Be Fueled Up)
8:45 am Safety Briefing
9:00 a.m.- KSU First leg 131 miles
Time Change to Pacific Time- Set back 1 Hour
10:21am Stop in Burns for Fuel/Lunch
TBD Depart Burns
Final leg 131 miles to Bend-2 Hours and 13 minutes