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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