Winthrop, WA

The weather here in Washington through the Cascades is fickle. One way or another it seems that I'm going to get wet. Because if I put on my rain jacket, it's bound not to rain and I just end up sweating underneath. Or, if I don't put on my rain jacket, it's bound to rain heavily.

We climbed another pass today, Loup Loup Pass with an elevation of 4,020ft.

I'm 15 miles from our campground tonight, Early Winters, in the cute town of Winthrop, WA. The main street just popped up along WA-20 and it's filled with shops and restaurants, including two bike shops. It's quite the unexpected, high-end hiking/outdoor town.

At the bike shop here, I was finally able to find myself a Topeak Roadmorph fram pump; I've been looking for the past 3 weeks. Now this means I most likely won't be needing it, but I was going to get one anyways for all that biking that I'll be doing after the trip. And if you're in the market for a frame pump for your bike, there's no better pump on the market. None.

Not much news to report so far today. I had a spaghetti sandwich for lunch, which was a change of pace from the more normal lasagna sandwiches.

Off to go enjoy the outdoors. Our que sheet describes our camping grounds tonight as "primitive."