Rode in the Yakima "your canyon for a day" ride. You know the highway between Ellensburg and Yakima, that you take if you are going east but want to skip those 3 big hills before Yakima? The windy one that is right along the river?
It is closed for the ride, 34 miles round trip. AND if you do it they way they have planned, the majority of uphills and headwinds are the first half of the ride.

Beautiful ride, very nice people, and sun.