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Day 24 – Washington to Idaho

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We left Yakima after doing a load of laundry this morning.  We headed out on Route 12 to Route 82 and to Route 90 east.  We never knew how many “plains” there were in Washington State.  Beautiful rolling plains.  They grow a lot of hay here.  Massive buildings filled with huge bales of hay.  And lots of them.

Route 90 took us through Spokane, WA – a really beautiful town.  Then, we grabbed Route 95 north all the way to Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, only 30 miles from the Canadian border. Route 95 took us through a town called, Sandpoint.  Wow!  It was stunning. It’s on a lake surrounded by mountains.

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We did not know how beautiful Idaho is!  It is really nice, clean, green – all of the people that we met were all so nice.

7-25_hotel-wallsRode 311 miles today.

Yakima, WA to Bonner's Ferry, ID

Tomorrow, we head into and through Glacier National Park on the “Going to the Sun Road”

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Day 23 – Cascade Mountains

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The weather is still not that great, but we had to get out and ride.  We jumped on Route 5 North toward Portland and continued beyond Portland to Route 12 East. Route 12 takes you up to the Cascade Mountains and by Mount Rainier and to Yakima, WA.

When we got on Route 12, we started to hit some rain, clouds and fog and going through these mountain passes in those conditions is not always so great.  But, we still pushed ahead.coltonfinn.com (1)  When we got nearer to Mount Ranier it was raining, cold (46°) and yuk! We pulled in to the nearest gas station to fill up and warm up.  It was well worth the stop.

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Then, we headed down the east side of the Cascades and the weather started to get better.  It seemed like every mile on the downhill side got 5° warmer.

Eventually, it was completely clear and 74°.  The scenery was beautiful  Route 12 runs parallel to the Tieton River.

It was a really nice ride ( the second half of the day)

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Rode 345 miles today.

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