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Well I'm finally in it! It's almost surreal, I've wanted to do this trip for a very long time and it's really happening. I had not been further north than Sedro Wooley before today. The riding in the northern Cascades is spectacular. After crossing the boarder into Canada I tried scouting some banks to exchange some currency to cover my campsite, every one I checked was closed. I wasted an hour asking around and finally decided to get back to Washington and camp there, at least my money was good there. The last time I camped a site was $10 to $15 dollars a night, the KOA I stopped at was $38.50 AND the restrooms would not be open till May 1st. Plus there was no one working to check me in. I could believe they wanted that much money for a damp patch of ground. I thought about leaving but the sun was setting and the next place was 20 miles out, so I pitched my tent made some fried Spam and red beans and rice then crashed for the evening. the combination of my old mattress pad AND my 40+ skeletal system made for a poor nights sleep. It rained for a little while and the tent stayed dry so that was a success (I had waterproofed it the night before). The little camp stove I picked up has been great, Breakfast the next morning was eggs and bacon and it tasted great after a long night. I hope to replace the tent and the mattress pad before the end of the trip as the pad no longer holds air and the tent door has an issue with the door zipper, no fun when you have to pee at 4 in the morning. The sun rise proves to be spectacular over my little pond next to my site. The air is crisp and I get on the road by 8am.
Here is my campsite!
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Well I'm finally in it! It's almost surreal, I've wanted to do this trip for a very long time and it's really happening. I had not been further north than Sedro Wooley before today. The riding in the northern Cascades is spectacular. After crossing the boarder into Canada I tried scouting some banks to exchange some currency to cover my campsite, every one I checked was closed. I wasted an hour asking around and finally decided to get back to Washington and camp there, at least my money was good there. The last time I camped a site was $10 to $15 dollars a night, the KOA I stopped at was $38.50 AND the restrooms would not be open till May 1st. Plus there was no one working to check me in. I could believe they wanted that much money for a damp patch of ground. I thought about leaving but the sun was setting and the next place was 20 miles out, so I pitched my tent made some fried Spam and red beans and rice then crashed for the evening. the combination of my old mattress pad AND my 40+ skeletal system made for a poor nights sleep. It rained for a little while and the tent stayed dry so that was a success (I had waterproofed it the night before). The little camp stove I picked up has been great, Breakfast the next morning was eggs and bacon and it tasted great after a long night. I hope to replace the tent and the mattress pad before the end of the trip as the pad no longer holds air and the tent door has an issue with the door zipper, no fun when you have to pee at 4 in the morning. The sun rise proves to be spectacular over my little pond next to my site. The air is crisp and I get on the road by 8am.
Here is my campsite!
Here are some more stills:
Your Blog is great and love the youtube videos.....Cant wait for more.....we all miss you and Zena and Jasmine want to know where Daddy is.....