Did a 408 mile loop. Rode as far as Chelan with Marv and John on their way to Coleville. Breakfast in Plain. Then I headed over the North Cascade loop by myself.
Coming into Twisp, hit a pretty strong Tstorm, one strike seemed to hit within a few hundred yards of me (3 fire trucks came by shortly after), so I decided it was a good time for lunch. As luck would have it, first place I came to that wasn't a bar was a REALLY good Mexican restaurant, very interesting and good food. That's where I will stop on the cascade loop from now on.
After lunch went 10 miles and it started again, so waited it our for 10 minutes at a hardware store:
Came across this older couple in Darrington, she looked to be about 70, she walks slowly out to the Harley, holding her head very still, puts on a helmet, and then puts on a neck brace, climbs on the back and away they went.
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