Colonial Creek, Rainy Pass, Washington Pass, Winthrop

Yesterday we had no signal to provide a blog update.. We rode 46.5
miles from Concete to Colonial Campground. There was a fair bit of
climbing. The weather was nice. This was the last campground before
the passes.

Today dawned with light rain that did not let up all day. It was
quite cold near the passes. We ended up decked out in full rain gear.

After 8 hours of hard climbing we reached Washington Pass. 28 miles
to Rainy Pass then another 5 to Washington Pass.

From there we bombed downhill 31 miles to Winthrop. Today was a 65
mile day. We met a local developer who let us set up camp in his back
yard.

Tomorrow it is loup loup pass and on to Tonasket (probably).