Day 1 - Guinness and cigars
- Seattle, WA to Sandpoint, ID
- 415 miles
- Monday, July 15
- (Click
on map to view the entire Day 1 route)
Our Tucson ODMC members, Pablo and Pork
Chop, have
ridden up from Tucson to Seattle in only two days to join us on
this ride. After a day off to rest up and wash the bikes, they are
characteristically ready to ride. The Going to the Sun road is
calling us!
The bikes are packed and inspected and after
letting some of the Seattle rush hour traffic clear out a bit, we
ride out to Duvall at the edge of the western foothills of the
Cascades for breakfast. (Click
on the photo to see the tire inspection process)
 Once
we reach Hwy 2, our route across the Cascade Mountains, and ride
east a bit, we stop for a bit and sit alongside the Skykomish River to
let the urban stress melt out of us. This definitely helps to get
the vacation process started for we Seattle people.
(Click
on the photo to see us lining up on the flight deck for takeoff after the break)
 We arrive at Round Lake
State Park near Sandpoint, ID and we find the accommodations to be
quite nice. As we stopped for a late
lunch, we only need refreshments and some snacks. Scott unloads
the ST1100 and takes off north to Sandpoint to haul back plenty of
Bud Light. Around the campfire, Scott breaks into his stash of
Guinness and lights up a fine cigar. Ahhh....we're definitely on
vacation. (Click
on the photo to see us setting up camp)
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