Day 8 Loup Loup

After a spoiled evening at k.o.a we woke to a well deserved sound of an obnoxious air balloon lifting from the ground. Pretty in sight but at 7 in the morning with another pass upon us sleep was much preferred. Fortunately the weather was holding up and with a couple of mountains left behind we were ready for the next, Loup Loup. Our first stop was breakfast at the local grocery store. With our stomachs filled with coffee and carbs we were off. Leaving from Winthrop you can see the change in scenery with the mountains gradually turning into long stretches of field and plains. Our first break was in a small town called Twisp which was unfortunatley where we also had our first chain break. While fixing the chain other cyclists came our way who were actually doing the same ride. They were an older crowd of cyclists, one of them being 70, luckily had a "slave driver" for all there gear. After the chain being fixed we left once again to continue our climb on the loup loup pass. With the climb coming to an end we summited the top sure enough to find a rock near the Loup sign that said "worth it right?" Another cyclist at k.o.a was actually telling us about this perticular rock with a snicker bar right on top waiting for the next hungry cyclist to summit the top. Unfortunately there was nothing on the rock when we got there but we did the same and left snacks for other cyclists behind. Climbing up Loup Loup we had a large evergreens surrounding us, as we began to descend the foilage turned into a dry desert littered with sage bushes.After coasting for 20 miles we entered Okanogan, where we stopped at a gas station to find out Kane had popped another tire from a broken spoke. From there we rode to Omak with a broken spoke to fix. The lockring was tightened to much for our tools to be able to break it free. Having to postpone it for the morrow.