45 miles today, 216 miles towards goal.
After working hard to leave at 9, we rolled out of camp at 9:30 am. Contrary to Bob’s assertion, we’re getting a wee bit later every day rather than a wee bit earlier.
Today was a day of open vistas and wide roads.
We started riding alongside the Columbia River and continued past the Wanupum Dam. We found our way back onto the Palouse to Cascades Trail so that we could cross the Columbia on the Beverly Bridge. We found the trail surface here to be fantastic, but Bob was unimpressed; his preference towards asphalt is becoming very apparent.
The Beverly Bridge was impressive
Steve posed for this photo, and took some others. Following encouragement from Bob, he has taken up a new bridge-hobby and spent some time experimenting.
After climbing out of the Columbia Valley…
…we transited through a major agricultural area, first wheat, alfalfa etc then apple orchards as far as the eye could see. The sound/ song of red winged blackbirds accompanied us most of the way (perhaps Bob or Steve have a photo to share).
After 1804 ft of climbing, we got to camp setup early.
We are now contemplating a trip to ‘town’.
Scratch that, we have retreated to our tents in the face of wind and rain. If this squall passes soon there may be another update later.
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