June 1, 2024
Loup Loup Pass
Twisp to Omak
Cumulative miles 243
The three of us felt yesterday's hill climb today climbing Loup Loup Pass. Fortunately it was relatively easy but unfortunately still absolutely hard.
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We have quickly departed the rain forest for some arid plains.
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The forecast says otherwise... Rain for the next few days. Doing some more strategizing for the next few days.
Looks like we will take an alternate route avoiding Rte 20 over Wacaunda Pass. Traffic and road conditions on this section are reported to be quite bad. So, we'll take the alternate ACA route. It should be safer but it's longer and gives us more to climb. Oh yeah!
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https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/overview
6 months ago
Yes, the hawk was a red-tailed. He was being harassed by some red-winged blackbirds and so was just sitting still while a red-winged guarded him. Today we saw five red-wingeds hammering at a turkey vulture. Pecking at it while it tried to gain altitude to get away from them. Those RWBLs! They are so protective. During our x-country in 2018 we saw one LAND on a red-tailed's back. I have known them also to peck bikers' heads. Wearing helmets has helped that problem. 😊
6 months ago
Yeah, protective! Where I fish, during nesting, they fly from branch to branch yelling at me for hours on end.
6 months ago
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Though we saw numerous orchards apparently forest and lumber is the major industry in the area. Interestingly, we did not see much evidence of that in our cursory trip through main Street.
Nearby is Omak Lake. A saline lake with no known outlet (endorheic).
Today's ride: 34 miles (55 km)
Total: 241 miles (388 km)
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