We were welcomed into Washington with a cold rainy day! Also, a little bit after lunch we climbed a mountain pass which entailed about 14 miles of climbing. I have pictures of the pass signs saying how many feet the climbs were and I will post those within the next few days. The first mountain we climbed was the Flowery Trail Pass which was 4,046 feet high. After the exhausting climbing we had an amazing 10 mile descent into the town we were staying in, Chewelah, Washington. What a rush, I spent most of the downhill at speeds over 40 miles per hour as I was confidently cornering the turns.
Today (Wednesday) we had an even bigger climb. This one was called Sherman Pass and it was over 18 miles of climbing and it finished at 5,575 feet. The temperature was much lower at the top and I had to put gloves, a hat and arm warmers on as I got ready to ride down the mountain into Republic, Washington.
We are supposed to have two mountain passes to scale tomorrow and we are really working hard to get to Vancouver. We will arrive and finish our trip on Tuesday and we are all very excited. Stay tuned as we climb more mountains and enter into Canada on Monday!
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