Rockport-Winthrop. 164.61km

After a few adjustments to make myself a bit more comfortable, i had a few easy miles to ease back into it. Passing by blueberry fields and places selling muffins and ice cream for breakfast was too good to pass up. After Newhalem there are three dams on the skagit river. The higher two are Diablo, and Ross lake which reaches up to the canadian border. A steady climb up Rainy pass at 4855ft and then onto the Washington pass at 5477ft. But with all the climbing there was one great drop for 7miles to Mazuma, an area that is known for cross-country skiing in winter and where many have second homes from Seattle. Finished up at Winthrop, where i got a bed for the night after asking Tom Sullivan for directions.It was the second mention after the bike shop i heard of warmshowers.com. He and his wife, Carolyn, have done a lot of adventure cycling themselves.