North Cascades National Park In theory the worse time to go through here since it’s the beginning of the weekend but in reality it wasn’t that bad. Successfully avoided main highway 20 and went on a deserted road just parallel to it. Literally no one there so I could go full TT sicko mode on the middle of the street. I actually managed quite well but after 30min of pushing reasonably hard I had to stop for a biiiig lunch! 😅 After that it was just a barely uphill (0.5/1% avg) road towards the National Park and I went flying up there. Going 40kmh up the hill with some backwinds feels amazing.

I stopped by the visitor center to get the official maps which I am actually collecting. Had a chitchat with the park ranger in order to figure out where are some hiker/biker spots. When I mentioned that I started in LA her face showed the most hilarious expression ever. As if she was waiting for me to say ‘I’m just joking’ which obviously never escaped my mouth. Priceless. 😂

Arrived at my hiker/biker spot after long 10k which really got me beaten up due to dehydration and overheating. Ended up sharing my spot with some random couple since the entire camp was full and I didn’t mind some extra company. Right now they are gone and I am really hoping that they will be back with some beer! 😬 (edit. They came back with fresh fruits which is even better than beer!)