Day 11: What a Difference a Day Makes

Yesterday we thought w e would melt on the way into Yakima, today we almost couldn't dress warm enough at times. We rode though the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on US 12 and caught an awesome view of Mount Rainier. 

The ride up over White Pass into Packwood was absolutely gorgeous. We stopped in several places as we went over the pass through the National Forest. It reminded us a lot of some of the places we saw in Yellowstone NP a few years ago. 

We caught a little weather outside of Packwood, so we had to add clothes. That was a good thing, because a few miles later, it started to rain. While it didn't rain as hard as it had in the Black Hills, riding in rain is still the pits. 

When we reached I-5 (at around 4:30-ish), we decided to hit the highway and make a beeline to our hotel in Port Orchard, WA. I missed the sign to Port Orchard and ended up across the bay in Bremerton. <sigh> 

OK, pull over and check the (phone) map to see how to get where we need to be. Turn around and go back to the correct road. We found the hotel, right on the waters' edge. We arrived in time to watch the sun set from our hotel room.

What a great way to spend our 20th anniversary!


Mileage today: 246.1
Jae's trip total: 2384.5
Donna's trip total: 2384.2