[Stephen Rauch]

It sounds like the planning for 2003 is starting to take shape. With the first official meeting for 2003 set on February 1 at the Redhook Brewery and the yearly trip penciled in for July I thought I would start a discussion on one day trips.

I would have to say that I think last year’s one day trips were great! They were really a convenient way to get together more frequently while seeing different parts of Washington.

So let’s kick it off... think about some one day rides/or overnighters that would be fun to do over the summer. Add them to the discussion here and we can pencil some dates when we get together at the Redhook Brewery. I’ll volunteer to bring the list and a calendar.

So I’ll kick it off.

Overnighter to Winthrop – Suggested plan is to leave North Bend, WA, 203 North to 2. Take 2 East through Leavenworth. Continue east to 97 and head North to 153. 153 to Winthrop (total miles day 1 - 234). From Winthrop take 20 West to 9. Take 9 South to 2 East. Take 2 East to 203 and 203 back to North Bend (total miles day 2 – 222 miles). I figure a Saturday to Sunday sometime in August.