I hope everyone is getting their bikes and legs ready for Cino. Less than a month away now!

I had a Cino tune up ride with Bob yesterday in the Cascade mountains.
We got a late morning start in the town of Roslyn and rode East past the town of Cle Elum on quiet back-roads to the Teanaway River Valley which we followed Westward.
When we reached the end of pavement, Bob whips out his phone and uses some screen shots he’s taken of a route he’d mapped out on google to navigate our way back on old logging and forest service roads.

Teanaway River road by NBend, on Flickr

Navigation off of one of Bob's screenshots of Google maps. by NBend, on Flickr

None of these old roads were numbered and we didn’t have cell reception so this was the best we could do. We ended up on some dead end spurs a few times and had to turn around

We needed machetes to get through this old road by NBend, on Flickr

One of the better roads by NBend, on Flickr

Bog Bob by NBend, on Flickr

We eventually found an encouraging sign that confirmed to us we were heading in the right direction

An encouraging sign we are on the right track by NBend, on Flickr

Soon afterwards we met up with some motorcyclists who were finishing up a day of riding and they told us we were on the right road that would take us back to Roslyn. Reaching pavement, we rode past Lake Cle Elum and were soon back in Roslyn eating sandwiches and drinking beer at the Brick tavern. It was a fun and adventurous day, the loop was a bit under 40 miles.

Post ride by NBend, on Flickr