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| Sept 14 - 15 This could be the first of the annual Fall Round up rides for the Washington VTXOA group. It was summer on the East side and we Wester Washington types have not seen any summer this year. Since it was a little last minute and some wait to make reservations we were a little spread out. Some at the Virginian, Winthrop Inn, and Koa. Everyone had a great time and I think we are pretty much 100% on doing it again next year. We will book earlier probably at the Winthrop Inn and get our lodging together. We ended up with around 15 bikes and 20 or so folks. |
| Everyone headed over at different times on Friday. I took the day off and left mid morning for a relaxed ride over Highway 20. The traffic was light and the weather great after Rock port. I took the opportunity to get some good East bound video. I think I may have been the first in town. Riders began to dribble in during the afternoon and early evening. Around 8 of us had dinner at the Palace around 7. After our dinner we found several more at 3 Fingered Jacks. |
We joined them for another coffee. Then others began to drift in. Pretty soon we had 2 big tables in the center or the restaurant and we closed it up. The wait staff took good care of us as we continued to grow from 4 to 20 or so. Saturday we headed out on around a 200 mile loop. Riding up over Loup Loup pass. With a smoke and pottey break in Okanogan. We rode thru Omak and East of 155. Turning South on Omak Lake road. There were some worried riders as we started out on some lose gravel chip seal leftovers. But after a few miles we hit the good road section. This is a very light traffic road running down the West side of Omak Lake. Some nice gentle curves and great scenery. There was a fire somewhere so it was pretty smoky at times. Looping South East along the river we stopped at the Coulee Dam visitor center. Then some lunch up the road. Back thru Pateros and 153 back to Winthrop. Nice summer weather all the way. What a treat. We attacked the Virginian restaurant for dinner that night with pretty much the whole group. It was very hot in the restaurant so we setup on the deck. There was much partying during the 2 hour wait for dinner. It did take a while but again the staff took good care of us during that time. A small group of us finished off the night at the KOA around a small camp fire. We are not sure but there may have been some skinny dipping in the river?? Sunday we left the summer weather of the East side for a rain downpour on the West side. We knew we were home? |
