ah, the wonderful weather is back. we drove 2 hours to get to Leavenworth, a little bavarian town in the northern cascades.
We left the hotel at 9am and rode 40 miles. Up a mountain pass, and back down along the wenatchee river. it was beautiful, the weather was perfect. you cannot beat this area of eastern washington for scenery.
in the river were hundreds of LARGE 3-5 foot long salmon. they were resting because they had just swam UPSTREAM and were almost to the area where they spawn. They were incredible, this big mass of fish in the river. dh, the captain of our tandem kept looking at the river instead of the road. We met not a single rude motorist.
It was wonderful.
At the end of the ride we went to an oldfashioned hamburger joint (not a chain) and had a bad lunch but good malted milkshakes.