In Memory of Warmer Summers

June 14 to Tonasket, WA

Today we had plans to get along further into the next set of passes via Wauconda and maybe get as far as Republic, but we (I) kept looking at storms building ahead of us.  I forgot my kerosene socks today, so we called it quits at Tonasket with a wimpy 29 miles.  This is what we kept seeing ahead of us and any further along we would be gaining altitude and I have a phobia about weather at altitude:

In Tonasket we were considering our options (pizza and think about the weather?) when we ran across this fellow.  Meet Greenbriar.  He’s doing the Northern Tier for a while on his way to North Carolina.  Yes, I asked about that Greenbriar and there was no association.

The town of Tonasket has a camping area open to cyclists behind their Visitor’s Center.  No fees, but we placed a donation in their receptacle.  Here’s the arrangement as seen from the hill above: