Saturday
August 16, 2008

 

 

This ride includes a 50 mile ride, a 100 mile ride, a 120 mile route and for those wanting a more challenging ride, a 150 mile ride. All rides will include support, all riders will be monitored by volunteers and the local Ham Radio Operators, and the Bike Doctor, as well as a police escort down Pine Canyon, a 1700 foot drop to the Columbia River Valley. We will have stops every 25 miles with mini stops in between. There will be a meal at the end of the ride.

All rides start at Linden Tree Park . The route follows the Loop Trail heading south past Rock Island Dam, the 50 milers will turn around at Quincy, the other riders will continue through a highly productive agricultural area with 200,000 irrigatable acres under production in potatoes, apples, wheat, alfalfa and corn. The 100 mile riders will turn around at Ephrata, the 120 mile riders will turn just after Ephrata traveling up on the bluffs, while the150 mile riders will continue through Soap Lake to Hiway 17 until you reach Dry Falls Junction, where you will see the remnants of what was once the largest waterfall on earth. You continue through Farmer, Waterville, Orondo, along the Columbia River to Linden Tree Park, where a big Meal will be waiting for you.