It was March. Still cold. Still raining in the northwest. Four of us met to plan out an upcoming ride. We didn't need to do this, but swapping ideas of where to go let us experience our upcoming ride vicariously as the rain came down outside. A Goldwing, two Valkyrie Interstates, and a Harley-Davidson Street Glide where sitting ready in their garages. Where to go? We weren't interested in just running up high miles. We'd done many long distance runs before and we've been around the Pacific Northwest many times. When all other planning fails, just follow the dotted green lines. So we mapped out a route that wound around the region following the dotted green lines; the scenic routes as marked on our trusty auto club regional maps.