On the ‘Oregon Outback’ organizer’s website resides this warning:
Due to the realities of living in litigious society, we are no longer taking any formal role in organizing this ride. That doesn’t mean it won’t still happen – we fully expect folks to still show up and ride and it’s not like we were really doing anything beyond picking a date, time and route. It just means we don’t want to potentially get sued if something happens to someone. So even though we beat this drum repeatedly every year, here it goes again, with even more feeling: you are really, truly 100% on your own. You can read more about why we are doing this here. But again, we expect our rides, including this one, to continue to go down on the same dates and times and in the same way they always have. You can see when these rides are expected to happen in the prior link or check the Calendar page for more information.
Many thanks for the many years of great support. We love you guys and we look forward to hitting the road with you again soon.