Tour day 3! (
Days 1 and 2)
Went South along the Methow River, through pleasant foothills. Mostly flat ish. Very nice, besides the headwinds that were present almost all day.
Ten miles before reaching Pateros, and the Columbia River, I came across another touring cyclist. We were both heading to Pateros, so we each took 5 miles of pull before splitting up.
Here's Pateros, the bridge on the left side goes over the Methow River right where it dumps into the Columbia:
Shortly after leaving Pateros, a cloud decided that it didn't like me. I used a garbage bag as a dry bag for my camping stuff. After that, weather was dry for the rest of the day.
For most of the day, I went South along the Columbia river.
Eventually, a highway split off East toward the Leavenworth area.
Leavenworth WA was a logging town in the early 20th century, but for various reasons was seriously struggling to exist by the 60s. Rather than die off, they decided to turn the place into a Bavarian Village-themed tourist destination.
That's not the important part, though.
Why did I ride several hundred miles over the mountains and through the headwinds of the Columbia river gorge? Exercise? The views? Because cycling is awesome?
No. That would be, like, silly and stuff.
The important part is delicious. It's wide enough to hold with both hands. It's full enough to feel complete, but compressible enough to NOM NOM vigorously. Laterally stiff and vertically compliant. Of the sort where lettuce settles in funky sauce, and oozes out as you eat, yet still supplies a delightful iceberg crunch. Complete with balanced flavors of tomato, bacon, and pickles.
Heidelburger!
yeeessssssssss
