Day 5 - Rest day in Winthrop

I decided to take an early rest day today instead of going further down the road.

I needed to give the buttocks a rest Sir.

It was 105 degrees here today and supposedly only getting into the 90's tomorrow.

I spent the day in the shade letting the sprinklers in the camp ground hit me and going over my bike to just to check it out.

Ed and Debbie, who are my neighbors asked me to join them for dinner when they returned for the day. They took me to get a great pizza outside of town.

There are several wild fires in the area now. The route I'm taking tomorrow is open and I've been told that the area is clear. The sky is red tonight and it sounds like they are using aircraft to fight the fire. It is safe here.

Early start tomorrow. ...0500. I'm wanting to be over Loop Loop Pass before it gets too hot.

Pictures for today:

Town and distant fire

Day 3 and 4... Newhalem to remote camp just west of Rainy Pass yesterday and remote camp to Winthrop today.

Well, what can I say yesterday was a long day. As they say, " train for the ride for the ride trains you" . Yesterday was my training day.  The climb from Newhalem was about 30 miles to Washington Pass. It was in the 90's most of the day. I met Larry and Rex from Bellingham Washington on the way up. They had ridden from Virginia. About 2 miles from the top of rainy pass I had had enough. I found a place that I could pitch my tent and be out of sight of the road. Just me and big feets.

Today I had about 7 miles of climbing and 35 miles up almost all downhill. What a difference a day makes. I met Pierre and Sharon from Canada. They were just coming up Washington pass.

I'm camping in Winthrop tonight at a nice RV campsite. Ann and her husband run the park.

No big feets tonight to worry about, just little feets running around the campsites.

First picture is Larry and Rex from Bellingham the second couple is Sharon and Pierre from Canada.

My campsite last night is also the pictures.