Another day, another dollar! 71 miles, another 4000+ feet of climbing. We’re getting away from the desert slowly but surely, and today is Winthrop, a western-themed tourist trap of a town which still managed to be pretty fun. We swung by Twisp and had some baked goods, and then Ginger took us on a route to Winthrop that the cars take, which put us back on Highway 20, and there was a grain fire in Winthrop that the first responders were going to, which sent fire trucks barreling past us at 100 miles an hour sirens blaring. So that was a thing. Two old friends of mine, Brian and Ernie, joined us today because they are going to be route leaders on the next route, the Pacific Coast. It was great to see them both. I love it when this whole thing I do feels like a community. Today was fairly low key; everybody knows that tomorrow is the last of the big climbs.
