We left Lake Easton State Park Tuesday morning and briefly continued our descent on I-90. After three miles we left the freeway and began a mostly downhill tour through Cle Elum (stopped at a great bakery) followed by a gorgeous run, still downhill, along the Yakima River. Great fun. Things leveled off in Ellensburg where a small group of us (lower picture) made a lunch stop at a picturesque gas station across from the McDonalds.
From there, the anti-gravity and anti-wind angels took the afternoon off. Over the next 40 miles, we slogged uphill and into the teeth of a 30 knot headwind between Ellensburg and Vantage. Not fun. The angels then came off their break in late afternoon and enabled us to fly downhill for the last seven miles toward the mighty Columbia and a campround in Vantage, capping a 75 mile day. The Campground overlooked the River and the next morning's challenges.
More to come,
Marty
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