Sherman Pass, WA to Flodelle Creek, WA $25 :: graocs 59.87 mi :: 6.0 hr :: 36.5 mph :: 9.9 mph :: 1276 mi 7AM: Leave on day hike. Few clouds. Don’t bring rain coat against better judgement. 8AM: Trailhead. Look at posted map, decide to try for Columbia summit. 9AM: East – beautiful vistas…

Tonasket, WA to Sherman Pass, WA $5 :: ice cream, grocs 60.57 mi :: 9.24 :: 38.5 mph :: 6.4 mph :: 1216 mi 8AM: I’m up & get started before “Road Dawg” Keith, opposite of what he said. Changed his mind overnight. We agree to try to meet at Sherman Pass campground, exchanged addresses…

Washington Pass, WA to Tonasket, WA $10 :: latte, apple fritter, 2 campsites 101.2 mi :: 11.8 :: 37.5mph :: 8.6 mph :: 1155 mi Way too much to write today, gotta condense. Last night: played guitar & sang w/ Sharon & Lynette in the next camp – a little ackward but worthwhile. ~8AM: Cruzing…

Rockport, WA to Washington Pass, WA $6 :: groceries 73.42 mi :: 10.3 hr :: 40.2 mph :: 7.1 mph :: 1054 mi Fabulous day! Broke 1,000 miles! Made my first pass, 5,445 ft! Broke my speed record at 40.2 mph! Had fun! Just couldn’t get up for the early start. Got off at 8…

Deception Pass, WA to Rockport, WA $17 :: groceries, cafe lunch 79.63 mi :: :: 35.6 mph :: :: 981 mi Starting to eat more, 4 meals & snacks. Wished Steve good luck & crossed the bridge about 9 AM. Route confused around Bay View, couldn’t find Josh Wilson road, hit the state park. Took…

Clinton, WA to Deception Pass, WA $60 :: Bike parts, food, campsite 56.04 mi :: 15.6 hr :: 37.8 mph :: 3.6 mph :: 901 mi Tried to take Jim, Debra & her kids to breakfast but only Jim let me pay, & he didn’t have much. Went to the bike shop, Velocity Cycles, and…

Clinton,WA Went for a nice walk around the local forest. Recognized red cedars, bigleaf maple, western hemlock, black huckleberry, sword fern, salmon berry, boysenberry, Douglas fir. Didn’t recognize one fern with lots o’ little leaves and a tall deciduous tree. Felt some stinging nettles. Ouch! At the house cooked eggs, did laundry, tuned bike.

Bremerton, WA to Clinton, WA $5.40 :: tacos, ferry ride 78.04 mi :: 15.32 hr :: 38.8 mph :: 3.0 mph :: 845 mi On the way out of town I pass library & decide to stop to do some work on the net. I get on no prob, do my late Astoria report, talk…

Centralia, WA to Bremerton, WA $12 :: food, campsite 98.47 mi :: 10 hr :: 39.2 mph :: 9.8 mph :: 766.9 mi Holy shit! I had no idea I did almost 100 miles today. Wow. Guess that’s what a little tailwind can do. Now that I think about it, I just enjoyed riding today.…

Seaside St Pk, WA to Centralia, WA $21 :: snacks, airplane ride 55.8 mi :: 8.3 hr :: 39.3 mph :: 6.5 mph :: 668.4 mi Still cloudy & moist this morning, packed up wet. Stopped @ the Mt. St. Helens visitor center, but tho the sky was clearing, clouds clung to the mtn. Thinking…