Steve Stevens is one of my favorite guitarists. I love his chorus, bends and modulations. He knows when to sit back in a mix and when to jump upfront. A perfect example would be on Billy Idol's "Flesh for fantasy".
Every time I watch one of your videos, I just feel like getting into my car and just going for a long drive in no particular direction, and see what I see. Nice job as always!
I stated on another video that i helped install the guardrail on Cabbage Hill, i can remember about every foot of guardrail we installed, working 6 , 10 hr days. Going up the Hill in the morning with a nice cool breeze, seeing an occasional deer on the side hills. It was pretty exciting, getting ready for work early in the coolness of the morning. Then, by 9 Am we were in the sun from then, until the time we went home. One of the guys had sunburn on his face so bad he had to tear his sandwich into pieces to eat it. This was during the hottest time of the year summer time. Thanks for the great video brings back lots of memories.
I finally got to drive through here earlier this month while I was on vacation from work for two weeks. I was driving west on I-84 from Boise to Portland. This is the first time in my life I have ever been to either Idaho or Oregon and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Very nice ride- also very interesting scenery- and yes, I too wonder what the early settlers going west would have thought when they entered that region! Very nice ride- and I am looking forward to seeing Boise! Always wanted to do what you have done- road trip it out west! See things, take the ride of a lifetime!
I know it may sound a tad weird at first, but if you ever saw pics of southeast Ireland outside of Kilkenny along the roads that way, driving I-84 through this part of Oregon reminds me of the countryside outside of Kilkenny, Ireland. Plus also the Wicklow Mountains(which are between there and Dublin), where I took a side trip to while I did a trip to Dublin this past summer. BTW, am talking about the part of this video from 1:30 to 4:30. I'd love to get to that part of northeast Oregon and also into Idaho, someday. The scenery in that part of the US always seemed like a bucket list place, I need to visit someday. May be belated I've been quietly catching up on all your Portland and Oregon state videos this late, but they've all been amazing. Can't wait to see where you do travel to in 2018, take care.
From what I e heard is if you go over deadman's pass westbound (basically the opposite of this video) one could see Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Rainier all in one in a clear day
i remember when i first joined CZcams in December 2013, some of the first channels i subscribed to were FreewayJim and CrossCountryRoads. i remember that the week i joined, CrossCountryRoad's uploads were the mile markers of Interstate 84 Eastbound in Oregon (IIRC), and i fell in love with it. ive also seen I-84 in Oregon on BigRigTravels' live streams. I-84 in Oregon is definitely quite a stretch of interstate, so thank you for filming it, Jim.
remember that stretch when I moved from boise to Seattle. when we drove through there was a pretty decent snowstorm going on, it was nice to look at not to drive though
i drive the whole I-84 as well in the same direction ( we left from Portland ) , and its one the most amazing highways i have ever drove on !! really nice video , it brings back good memories !!
It seemed confusing as you made the ascent because at first it looked like you were going downhill, then you were going up. Wow....you are right....it is a longer ascent than we think.
you did it Jim you finished the work we started with so much better editing and style that we tried to create our drives around this. thank you for stepping up to this drive. You and interstatekyle are doing what we wanted to do.
I was almost going to make a Monteagle reference until I saw the 45 millionth turn. It takes the twists of the west end of there with the sheer drop of the east end of it. But looks like a fun ride. Enjoyed it!
WOW Oregon finally got with it and upped speed limit to 70! Miracles do happen. Been on that section many times. Looking forward to Boise, my hometown.
Very well made production as always! I haven't been able to watch your videos since the Tacoma video, I've been very busy. On this break I hope to catch up on them. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy New year!!!
The real "Old Oregon Trail Highway" was US-30, a paved, curvy, 2-lane highway which served for many decades. Parts of it still exist, parts near the Columbia have been submerged. The historic Union Pacific Railroad also generally follows this route.
Hey, I was looking in maps and I found the old way about this I-84 section, the County 937, "Old Emigrant Hill Road" did you know about that old road? I´m from Madrid but I love old roads. I kept looking the old road by de I-84 and the road diverges at La Grande and go across Hot Lake, Union and North Powder.
Funny you compared this stretch of I-84 to Scotland. I guess I'm not so crazy comparing the hilly scenery from 1:30 onward to Ireland, after all! I have not been to Scotland yet, just Ireland and Northern Ireland(part of the UK, and I also did a side trip up to here on my Dublin trip this past summer) so far of those 2 places. And from pics I've seen of Scotland, it does remind me of the scenery of Ireland a lot. Someday I'll need to travel to this part of northeast Oregon, and hopefully also east into Idaho as well.
I really liked that climb up Cabbage Hill. I tried to find it on the internet and I thought it was a real place that tourists could visit but instead it a hill where people could drive on. Those hills up the cabbage were great. They almost look like plateaus. If there is one I have to say to you Jim between the Columbia River Gorge and Cabbage Hill is that I like the graphics you used while you were making it.
I have so many memories of this area, Jim. At a truckstop called "Arrowhead Travel Plaza", just as you descend the hill (heading west), they had something called the "Ahful burger" in their cool, rustic restaurant. I used to stop in without fail every time I drove through. Had I had my druthers (what exactly ARE druthers, anyway?) I would have asked for the recipe of that burger. It was AMAZING! But having no way of knowing that in 20 years, there'd be something called You Tube, and also not knowing that I'd have a BBQ channel on this thing called you tube, I didn't ask. There was nothing "awful" about that burger, and I'd love to re-create it! Excellent, excellent video. Another one that I'll be watching numerous times... Holy crap, that burger was GOOD! :-)
Those wide expansive hills are a neat type of landscape that gives a very different feel to many of the other places you've covered in your channel. I'm surprised to hear you only went west for the first time in 2013. It seems like you've been everywhere :-D
LOL Thanks, yes at age 47 I finally did it, for years I was what I would call an east coast homer, so glad I broke out of that narrow mind-set, going west was a life changing experience for Erik and I, now if I can just get my wife out there...someday.
Freewayjim just like I want to drive south to your neck of the woods and cover places like Texas, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and the rest of the southern USA within the next few years.
Was looking forward to seeing a shot of Wild Horse Resort coming down Cabbage Pass! I spent many a night there at the truck stop when I was still truckin'. Beautiful country! Love your videos, travel safe, God Bless! (6/19/2018 Tuesday 9:40pmCST Houston, Texas)
Yay! My favorite climb on the interstate system. Yeah as much as I hate to say it, you really did miss out by not going westbound but oh well... I guess an incentive to come back to the Pac NW one day... (even though I think you covered all the freeway bases.... haha!).
Having only ever driven that path westbound, I really enjoyed the views. I'm still partial to the I-70 climbs in Colorado along with their pointless 65 mph speed limit on the eastbound climb from Silverthorn (most vehicles struggle just to reach that speed eastbound due to the shear steepness, much less attempt to exceed it)
Well done! Never been to Oregon (an oversight I hope to set straight). The contrast between the high desert and the evergreen forests is striking. Those were the Blue Mountains, correct? If so, according to some, you were in Bigfoot country...
Thank you, I'm not certain which mountains those are. If you want to see even more of a contract check out, if you haven't already, the video I shot before this one in the Columbia River Gorge. czcams.com/video/JdXKzij2n9Q/video.html
About video 20-17 aka the remix of 16-31, you we're deciding a new soundtrack and expansion of this video. Since you started I-84 in Oregon in mile markers 209 to 231, I wonder what would the expansion and remix look like to see which one is better for me. I can't wait to see the remix with an expansion for a few hours.
I actually start on the road at the exit before I get on to I-84 so there is a little more on the front end than the original, the remix will definitely visually look better because 16-31 was done a few months before my cataract surgery so looking at it now, I can tell a huge difference, I also think the new soundtrack works better, hope you like it.
See man now you set your self up! now you gotta go back and record westbound haha. I can only imagine how thst would have been. how much was the elevation change?
Steve Stevens is one of my favorite guitarists. I love his chorus, bends and modulations. He knows when to sit back in a mix and when to jump upfront. A perfect example would be on Billy Idol's "Flesh for fantasy".
I enjoy his work as well.
This lamb sees more vegetation. That's a good thing, and that climb is impressive with the 45 mph turns. Great video.
Thank you! The oxen and horses of Wagon Train days appreciated the vegetation I'm sure.
Every time I watch one of your videos, I just feel like getting into my car and just going for a long drive in no particular direction, and see what I see. Nice job as always!
That's pretty cool, thank you!
BEAUTIFUL! So impressive.
I have a remix of this video coming up in a few weeks, color corrected, and a better soundtrack, and yes it is a beautiful area.
I died of dysentery quite a few times along this stretch, too.
It was mainly cholera for me. ;)
I kicked the bucket due to 'consumption'
@@khunopie9159 2 years late and you may actually know what it means but consumption is tuberculosis
I stated on another video that i helped install the guardrail on Cabbage Hill, i can remember about every foot of guardrail we installed, working 6 , 10 hr days. Going up the Hill in the morning with a nice cool breeze, seeing an occasional deer on the side hills. It was pretty exciting, getting ready for work early in the coolness of the morning. Then, by 9 Am we were in the sun from then, until the time we went home. One of the guys had sunburn on his face so bad he had to tear his sandwich into pieces to eat it. This was during the hottest time of the year summer time. Thanks for the great video brings back lots of memories.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and for watching!
I finally got to drive through here earlier this month while I was on vacation from work for two weeks. I was driving west on I-84 from Boise to Portland. This is the first time in my life I have ever been to either Idaho or Oregon and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Great video
Love the way you slow down the video when the song gets a break. It feels so alive!
Thank you very much and yes that is the goal, to make the song and footage come together.
Once again, three astonishing videos: 16-29, 30, 31. I never tire of watching them. excellent
Thank you! I'm partial to 16-28 :)
Thanks for your musicology. Steve Stevens is excellent and I didn't know about him.
You are welcome!
The music really captured the mood as you went up through those hills. Another excellent video! This is why I can't wait for Mondays now!!
Thank you very much! only 10 left in the season.
Oh man, I hate it when my Mondays get as busy as today was, knowing there'll be a new FWJ video to watch when I get home! The anticipation...
Freewayjim all your videos are beautiful!!!
GOD BLESS 🇺🇸🤣😅😂
Thank you very much!
You captured Oregon perfectly. I definitely know the routes I'll be taking if I can ever get out there. Looking forward to Boise!
Thank you, Oregon is really awesome in places, hope you get there, it's worth it.
Beautiful drive.
Very nice ride- also very interesting scenery- and yes, I too wonder what the early settlers going west would have thought when they entered that region! Very nice ride- and I am looking forward to seeing Boise! Always wanted to do what you have done- road trip it out west! See things, take the ride of a lifetime!
Thank you very much!
I know it may sound a tad weird at first, but if you ever saw pics of southeast Ireland outside of Kilkenny along the roads that way, driving I-84 through this part of Oregon reminds me of the countryside outside of Kilkenny, Ireland. Plus also the Wicklow Mountains(which are between there and Dublin), where I took a side trip to while I did a trip to Dublin this past summer. BTW, am talking about the part of this video from 1:30 to 4:30.
I'd love to get to that part of northeast Oregon and also into Idaho, someday. The scenery in that part of the US always seemed like a bucket list place, I need to visit someday. May be belated I've been quietly catching up on all your Portland and Oregon state videos this late, but they've all been amazing. Can't wait to see where you do travel to in 2018, take care.
Thank you for watching!
This is crazy. I’ve lived there my entire life and had the same exact thought, it does look a ton like Ireland
A surreal drive in the Northwest..continuing to enjoy your 2016 summertime jaunt
Thank you!
Cabbage Hill is a ton of fun in a semi! I've done it a number of times.
Interesting how they built this stretch of freeway. Great soundtrack by the way!
Thank you and I agree, that was quite a piece pf work there, glad you liked the tune.
My dad is a cross country truck driver based in Portland and this is the route he takes every time to the east
From what I e heard is if you go over deadman's pass westbound (basically the opposite of this video) one could see Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Rainier all in one in a clear day
i remember when i first joined CZcams in December 2013, some of the first channels i subscribed to were FreewayJim and CrossCountryRoads. i remember that the week i joined, CrossCountryRoad's uploads were the mile markers of Interstate 84 Eastbound in Oregon (IIRC), and i fell in love with it. ive also seen I-84 in Oregon on BigRigTravels' live streams. I-84 in Oregon is definitely quite a stretch of interstate, so thank you for filming it, Jim.
Thank you for watching, it';s a great stretch to drive that's for sure.
yes indeed
The ride was very enjoyable. Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy new year 🎊, Freewayjim :D
remember that stretch when I moved from boise to Seattle. when we drove through there was a pretty decent snowstorm going on, it was nice to look at not to drive though
i drive the whole I-84 as well in the same direction ( we left from Portland ) , and its one the most amazing highways i have ever drove on !! really nice video , it brings back good memories !!
Thank you!
It seemed confusing as you made the ascent because at first it looked like you were going downhill, then you were going up. Wow....you are right....it is a longer ascent than we think.
you did it Jim you finished the work we started with so much better editing and style that we tried to create our drives around this. thank you for stepping up to this drive. You and interstatekyle are doing what we wanted to do.
Thank you, much appreciated.
I was almost going to make a Monteagle reference until I saw the 45 millionth turn. It takes the twists of the west end of there with the sheer drop of the east end of it.
But looks like a fun ride. Enjoyed it!
It was fun and yeah much grander than Monteagle, would love to do westbound someday.
thank you jim what a great music
Thank you for watching!
some videos are not available. I dont know whats wrong ?
It could be what you are watching them on, some are not phone friendly due to copyrights, nothing I can do about it.
Great video as always!
Thank you!
Great video, what a ride! 👏🏼
Thank you very much!
So is there any significant downhill grade on into Idaho eastbound like the westbound cabbage hill or no?
@@femaleprofessionaldriver7650 I dove it once in 2016, I don't recall anything significant.
I've traveled 84 before several times, from tri cities to Portland. it's not a bad drive.
WOW Oregon finally got with it and upped speed limit to 70! Miracles do happen.
Been on that section many times. Looking forward to Boise, my hometown.
Mike Sparks I thank Oregon and Wisconsin were the last two states west of Pennsylvania to raise their speed limits.
thank you
Thanks for watching!
Very well made production as always! I haven't been able to watch your videos since the Tacoma video, I've been very busy. On this break I hope to catch up on them. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy New year!!!
Thanks Nash, Merry Christmas to you and your family too and you are going to love the Portland videos :)
Freewayjim You're welcome, I am going to watch them tomorrow, and I feel like I'm going to enjoy them already!! :)
Steve Stevens also played guitar 🎸 on the Top Gun theme song at the request of Harold Faltermeyer. Brilliant guitarist.
The real "Old Oregon Trail Highway" was US-30, a paved, curvy, 2-lane highway which
served for many decades. Parts of it still exist, parts near the Columbia have been
submerged. The historic Union Pacific Railroad also generally follows this route.
yay I'm at Mexican for vacation, now I can watch your cool road trip videos! :D
Thank you!
awesome video
Thanks
nice ride. I've been over this a few times with BigRigSteve. Nice to see it with music and comments.
Thank you!
Beautiful track.
Thank you!
Hey, I was looking in maps and I found the old way about this I-84 section, the County 937, "Old Emigrant Hill Road" did you know about that old road? I´m from Madrid but I love old roads. I kept looking the old road by de I-84 and the road diverges at La Grande and go across Hot Lake, Union and North Powder.
No I did not, this was my first time in that part of the country.
Another fascinating video. Some parts of Oregon remind me of Scotland
Thank you!
Funny you compared this stretch of I-84 to Scotland. I guess I'm not so crazy comparing the hilly scenery from 1:30 onward to Ireland, after all! I have not been to Scotland yet, just Ireland and Northern Ireland(part of the UK, and I also did a side trip up to here on my Dublin trip this past summer) so far of those 2 places. And from pics I've seen of Scotland, it does remind me of the scenery of Ireland a lot. Someday I'll need to travel to this part of northeast Oregon, and hopefully also east into Idaho as well.
An interesting highway! I expect you to be passing by my car when you filmed this! LOL!
I really liked that climb up Cabbage Hill. I tried to find it on the internet and I thought it was a real place that tourists could visit but instead it a hill where people could drive on. Those hills up the cabbage were great. They almost look like plateaus. If there is one I have to say to you Jim between the Columbia River Gorge and Cabbage Hill is that I like the graphics you used while you were making it.
Thank you very much!
I live in this area and travel that hill often and it’s crazy to me how many times you’ll see trucks in runaway ramps or smoking on the way down
I have so many memories of this area, Jim. At a truckstop called "Arrowhead Travel Plaza", just as you descend the hill (heading west), they had something called the "Ahful burger" in their cool, rustic restaurant. I used to stop in without fail every time I drove through. Had I had my druthers (what exactly ARE druthers, anyway?) I would have asked for the recipe of that burger. It was AMAZING! But having no way of knowing that in 20 years, there'd be something called You Tube, and also not knowing that I'd have a BBQ channel on this thing called you tube, I didn't ask. There was nothing "awful" about that burger, and I'd love to re-create it!
Excellent, excellent video. Another one that I'll be watching numerous times... Holy crap, that burger was GOOD! :-)
Thanks for watching and sharing those memories, a really good burger sticks with one forever it seems.
Hi FreewayJim & CZcamsrs hope You all having a Safe & fine weekday! "Great Music & Video!"
Thank you!
Those wide expansive hills are a neat type of landscape that gives a very different feel to many of the other places you've covered in your channel. I'm surprised to hear you only went west for the first time in 2013. It seems like you've been everywhere :-D
LOL Thanks, yes at age 47 I finally did it, for years I was what I would call an east coast homer, so glad I broke out of that narrow mind-set, going west was a life changing experience for Erik and I, now if I can just get my wife out there...someday.
Freewayjim just like I want to drive south to your neck of the woods and cover places like Texas, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and the rest of the southern USA within the next few years.
Was looking forward to seeing a shot of Wild Horse Resort coming down Cabbage Pass! I spent many a night there at the truck stop when I was still truckin'. Beautiful country!
Love your videos, travel safe, God Bless!
(6/19/2018 Tuesday 9:40pmCST Houston, Texas)
Thank you for watching!
man that road is practically a racetrack climbing up that hill
Yes indeed, people weren't shy heading up that stretch, three lanes of good pavement helps.
I stayed at that Hampton Inn in Pendleton! That is probably one of the worst grades I've driven in all my travels (Tejon Pass is #1).
hi fwj its been a long time since i talked to you lol great music
Thanks
Just imagine busting a wheel on a covered wagon going down that stretch.the untamed wilderness might be a bit much to deal with
I agree, the early pioneer's hearts must have skipped a beat when they first saw this.
Yay! My favorite climb on the interstate system. Yeah as much as I hate to say it, you really did miss out by not going westbound but oh well... I guess an incentive to come back to the Pac NW one day... (even though I think you covered all the freeway bases.... haha!).
Thanks and that's OK, would love any excuse to come back top the NW.
Having only ever driven that path westbound, I really enjoyed the views. I'm still partial to the I-70 climbs in Colorado along with their pointless 65 mph speed limit on the eastbound climb from Silverthorn (most vehicles struggle just to reach that speed eastbound due to the shear steepness, much less attempt to exceed it)
Thanks, I'd give the edge to I-70 in Colorado as well.
and just like that you're already in a pine forest
Another great ride along. I may have overlooked it, but have you ever thought of using "Fire On High" from ELO on one of the videos?
Thank you, I have not used that song, I have it, it's very cool, and it would probably work many places but it just hasn't made the cut yet.
Well done! Never been to Oregon (an oversight I hope to set straight). The contrast between the high desert and the evergreen forests is striking. Those were the Blue Mountains, correct? If so, according to some, you were in Bigfoot country...
Thank you, I'm not certain which mountains those are. If you want to see even more of a contract check out, if you haven't already, the video I shot before this one in the Columbia River Gorge. czcams.com/video/JdXKzij2n9Q/video.html
Hi buddy you always do great videos of your trips... so far what is your the most beautiful highway you've drove on?
Thanks, I-70 west of Denver. I-90 in Snoqualmie Pass Washington is up there as well.
Took a greyhound from Olympia washington to.back easy went this way
That's as winding an Interstate as I've ever seen. It's almost surprising it falls within the parameters of such highways.
ay what up homie
Big Chungus You must have never been in the western US.
Awesome video, Jim. Do you drive at 60 mph?
Thanks, I just go with the flow of traffic and/or what feels right which is usually around the speed limit to 5-10 over.
About video 20-17 aka the remix of 16-31, you we're deciding a new soundtrack and expansion of this video. Since you started I-84 in Oregon in mile markers 209 to 231, I wonder what would the expansion and remix look like to see which one is better for me. I can't wait to see the remix with an expansion for a few hours.
I actually start on the road at the exit before I get on to I-84 so there is a little more on the front end than the original, the remix will definitely visually look better because 16-31 was done a few months before my cataract surgery so looking at it now, I can tell a huge difference, I also think the new soundtrack works better, hope you like it.
The signs alone make that road look tempting. What's hidden beneath the "Snow Zone" sign?
I don't know
Jim, was your sedan's ground clearance enough during these years' trip?
Yes, no problems
Nice :)
Thanks
Freewayjim can u do a stop through Amarillo & Wichita Falls
You do realize this was filmed in June and I've been home in Atlanta since then, nor do I have any reason to go to those places.
See man now you set your self up! now you gotta go back and record westbound haha. I can only imagine how thst would have been. how much was the elevation change?
LOL, Indeed...I don't know what the elevation change is exactly but it was substantial.
wonderful drive my god i forgot how dangerous it still is they should have stayed with the name deadmans pass instead of cabbage hill
Huh. Didn't see any Swift trucks on fire going other way?
How does one email or send photos to FWJ
There is an email address on the last graphic of the closing credits.
Oh ...ok
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What happened to video 16-30 “Columbia River Gorge”?
It got taken down by CZcams due to a music copyright issue.
Oh, there was song I liked but forgot.
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Is it a liberal state?
Based on the county by county election map, Along the coast and I-5 corridor, yes, inland, not so much.
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That looks like such an annoying drive. Constant turning, 40 mph trucks with 80 mph cars. Give me long, flat and straight roads anyday.