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The ride starts off pretty mellow out of Enumclaw up highway 410. We had our first rest stop at Greenwater where there’s a gas station and water. Only hitch was that Donald hit a rock and things got bloody.

Unfortunately Donald had to turn around, while we continued up to Silver Springs campground (just before the Crystal Mountain road turn off) where we filled up with water again. A few miles after leaving the campground is when the pain started and continued all the way to the top. The last three miles before Chinook Pass were TOUGH. But we were all smiles at the top. Up there it was pretty chilly. Fortunately McGarty had the foresight to encourage us all to pick up maps to stuff down our jerseys to stay warm on the way down.

After the ride we raced back to Seattle because Chels and I were racing in the moonlight race on Lake Washington:

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The morning started at Rob’s with pancakes:

Though we couldn’t leave until we got Rob’s rack on my Cruiser which entailed some early morning metal sawing, “good morning neighbors”:

We started at the Newhalem campground and then headed North on Highway 20.

Note that there are no services on Highway 20 except water at Colonial Creek campground 11 miles past Newhalem so bring lots of food and water! Three of us had three water bottles (one in our jersey pockets), but Donald was wise and had just bought a seat post water bottle holder that we were all jealous of.

We had originally planned on going to Mazama and back but with our late start and pace we would have been riding back in the dark :). So after first crossing Rainy Pass at 4855 feet and then reaching Washington Pass at 5477 feet we turned back.

But not before trying to refill our water bottles at the info center at Washington Pass which oddly was closed!?

The way back down started slow:

But quickly cranked up to 40+ mph. But the “severe side winds” put a real damper on things.

Note, there are two tunnels. Both fine up hill, but on the way down the second tunnel is some freaky shit at 40 mph. While pretty short you can’t see a thing so cross your fingers there is nothing on the road!

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