It gets better!

Saturday we left the lovely haven of Methow Valley Inn to conquere our next pass - Loup Loup pass. Skies were gray, slight wind, but we were ready for the challenge. We made it up to the pass in two snd half hours, no rsin and occ shot of sun. A couple of "young" touring cyclist also summitted, but they zoomed past us on the way down. If we had all started at the same time they would have zoomed past us on the way up too. We aren't fast, but steady! We camped at the Stampeded Fairgrounds in Omak WA. The camping was great, parts of Omak may have seen better days in their past though. For the first time on our trip, we woke up to real sunny, warm weather today, what a treat! We had sn ambious day planned but as with all great plans we changed them, our legs and butts were not up for another long pass crossing as we noted while riding this morning. There was no camping noted on our map so we headed to the visitors info center for motel recommendations in Tonasket WA and to our surprise the visitors info center was developing bicycle camping "for free!" behind their building and invited us to stay there, they also shared there was another "bicycle camping" offer up the road as well. We will have to let thefolks know at Adventure Cycling of the updates. This is the best spot for tomorrows climb, we'll hit the climb as soon as we exit town. We met another cyclist and will meet up with him later this afternoon to share stories. This truely is an adventure you never know when you will have a stroke of luck, we've been doing well for the unexpected delights! Just a smidget on Tonasket- it is a combination of cowboys, old hippies, organics,& artists and according to the visitor info person a community that works together. The visitor info center is all volunteere, they host monthly art exhibits by local artisians. This month is woodworking, from what is on show there are a lot of talented community members. The visitor info person has really gone out of her way to make our stay as pleasant as possible. Koodos for Tonasket!