Favorite Rides Spring 2019 | Page 73

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SPRING 2019 ISSUE 01 / VOL . 04
MAP BY BILL TIPTON / COMPARTMAPS . COM
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Backcountry Discovery Routes is a nonprofit organization that establishes and preserves off-highway routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycles , and it has mapped and documented north-south routes in most states west of the Rockies as well as a mid-Atlantic route . Inspiration for these routes came from the OBDR , which , according to BDR ’ s website , “ was created a few decades ago by Bob and Cheryl Greenstreet as a concept to promote managed travel in the backcountry ” and is maintained by the Oregon Off-Highway Vehicle Association . Paul , Marten and I wanted to ride the granddaddy of the backcountry discovery routes , so I bought paper maps for Route 5 from OOHVA and Paul spent two weeks creating GPS tracks for us to follow . ( GPS