Saturday, August 18, 2012


Day 90, August 18th, Newhalem Campground to Sedro-Woolley, WA.  We were up early and on the road before it was fully light in the valley.  The sun was hitting the tops of the Cascade peaks, some with snow, but the valley was still just getting light.  We headed down the Skagit River valley in the cool.  It was mostly downhill and we made great time to Marblemount and breakfast.  We were all hungry since we have been eating snack and camping food for 2 days.  After breakfast we took the Adventure Cycling route off Route 20 which was a quiet back road down the valley.  We rolled back on the route at Rockport and kept going to the town of Concrete (formerly Cement City).  It turned out to be “Cascade Days” in Concrete, their annual community celebration.  There was a parade and booths to catch some food.  I had a Root Beer Float for the first time in ages.  Yum!  We stayed about an hour in Concrete and then headed toward Sedro-Woolley.  The wind picked up out of the southwest and made the ride harder than we wanted, but we kept pushing along.  About 2pm, we all got hungry and decided to stop for a late lunch/early dinner.  Sedro-Woolley was only about 8 miles away, so we rolled in about 4pm.  It was time for my first shower in 3 days and to rinse out some riding clothes.  Tomorrow is the LAST day on the trek.  Anacortes, WA, is only 30 miles away.  Mileage for the day was 60.58.



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