Well the mobile blogging I tried on this trip was kind of cool, but plagued by the spotty T-Mobile coverage out in those parts. I rode my racing bike, which is scary light and quick like a rabbit. I am going to have to work on my photo gallery posting, that seems to have gone sideways in the last update.
The first day was the easiest ride, second was next, and the third day was the hardest. But all days were pretty easy for me today. The first day registration and breakfasts are a little late, so I am getting into the climb during the hottest part of the day, that sucks. I really miss the early registration that we used to have. If you got your minimum money in early enough then you got your rider number in the mail and could get your bags checked in early and get on the road fast. Now it takes way too long to get started. But we got what we got.
I got a flat tire the first day I got a flat on I-90 around the same place I helped someone else last year. Easy riding pretty much all the way, lunch was great at the top. The spaghetti lunch was great, it was nice not being almost the last one up. The banana split stop was the next one and that is always a treat. Getting to Cle Elum was a pretty easy ride. The finish is now at at a yuppie resort community called Suncadia. Dinner was at Suncadia too, there was not much in the way of shade for those of us with sun sensitivity.
More on the rest of the ride…
