Sport-Touring.Net - (WA) Pre-WCRM Warm-up ride, April 29th 2007, All Day ride

Edit: Due to the opening of Hwy 20 (woohoo!), proposed route change to come across 20 on the way back. Total route would be 500+ miles.

Allllrighty then. Time to scrub in those new tires, or completely wear out those old ones before the WCRM. Everyone and anyone is welcome, whether or not you're attending the debauchery in Fortuna. Though, if you're not attending, we will try our damnedest to convince you to go. Route is going to be a healthy 420+ miles, day long trip (11-12 hours), missing as much federal slab as possible.

Since I haven't been to the Grand Coulee Dam since I was knee high to a grasshopper, that's where we'll be headed (hopefully). Route will take us from the Texaco in Monroe on Rte 2, over Stevens Pass to North Wenatchee, north to Chelan, then over to Grand Coulee. Stop at the visitors center for pics, stop at Pepper Jack Bar and Grill for lunch. ~~Then loop down and connect back with Rte 2 to Leavenworth for ICE CREAM CONES!!! (it's a tradition). We then take our separate ways and speeds, and head on back home.~~ Forget ice cream cones, it's Highway 20 on the way back. The view and corners are worth missing Leavenworth.

Route Map

Plan
When: April 29th, 2007, Sunday.

Where: Meet at the Texaco in Monroe WA around 7am. Address is 19101 St. Rt. 2, Monroe. Leave at 7:30am heading over Stevens Pass to hopefully warm and dry roads in Eastern WA. Wind our way up to Grand Coulee Dam, take pics at the visitors center, have lunch at the Pepper Jack Bar and Grill. ~~Loop down south and reconnect with Highway 2, stop in Leavenworth for Ice Cream Cones and letting the blood flow back into numb butt cheeks. Head back home.~~ Head north on 155 and connect with Highway 20 west.

Food: Tentatively at the Pepper Jacks Bar and Grill on Midway Ave in Grand Coulee. Unless somebody knows of a better place and can lead the way.

Route: I'll post the GPS xml routes later next week, but hopefully sticking close to the above map. Round trip is 420+ miles from Monroe and back. Planning on coming home before sundown, but we'll probably be pushing it. We'll do gas and biological stops about every 100-110 miles. I'm going rain or shine on the western side of the state, so maybe pack external rain gear if weather forecasts predict it.

Who: YOU! Anyone and everyone who isn't afraid of a little saddle time and numb butt cheeks. I'd like a chance to meet up with the E. WA folks at the Hwy 2 - Rt 97 Junction north of Wenatchee. So speak up if you're interested in meeting the Puget Sound crew there. I believe it's a Chevron station right there.

You've got a month to plan, no excuses for softball tourney's or kid's bar mitzvahs.
Sound off if ya want to go!

disclaimer: This will be a Corner of Doom Free Ride. Smile

Topic: (WA) Pre-WCRM Warm-up ride, April 29th 2007, All Day ride (Read 11571 times)