Wakanda Forever!

The order of the day was to finish the last two high passes of Washington State. I had most of Wauconda Pass to finish this morning, followed by the bigger, more intimidating Sherman Pass. (Every time I see the name "Wauconda," I think of the Black Panther movies: "Wakanda Forever!") I completed both passes, wrapping up Day 5 with 75.2 miles and over 6000' of climbing. It was my biggest day so far in terms of time in the saddle, miles covered, and vertical completed.

Today's blog entry is mostly just pictures with explanations.

I'm not sure what message this lone billboard was supposed to convey, but there it is: "We the People."

A picturesque little cabin on the approach to Wauconda Pass.

A couple "haunted houses" on the approach to Wauconda Pass. They were quite away from the road, so the picture isn't very detailed. I didn't feel like climbing the barbed wire fence and hiking through the pasture to get a better resolution picture.

The "town" of Wauconda amounted to a cafe/store/gas station and an electrical substation. The cafe/store may have still been in business; the gas station was definitely no longer in business.

I couldn't get a good photo with me in it, so just the bike will have to do at Wauconda Pass.

I stopped to take a picture of this highly-polished, beautiful red tractor in a field. And as a result of me stopping, I flushed a covey of quail from the roadside brush.

One of the Washington laws that I like is that slow-moving traffic must let others pass when they've backed up five or more other vehicles.

We have old, abandoned mines in Colorado too. But this one was right on the shoulder of State Highway 20 and I still wanted a picture of it.

Sherman Pass is Washington State's highest year-round drivable mountain pass.


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