The 2014 WAVCA Fall Colors Tour (Part I) around the Central Cascades Loop is coming up Saturday, September 27, 2014.
We will start out on Saturday morning, September 27, at 9 a.m. from Redmond Town Center. From there, we will head east through a few twisty roads to Monroe, hang a right on Highway 2 and continue over Stevens Pass to Leavenworth from there. Should take a little over 2 hours to get there, then we’ll split up and have lunch. Food and shopping can continue until about 2 or 3 p.m. when we need to get back on the road. We’ll drive a little further east to Wenatchee & hang a right to head back over Snoqualmie. Instead of slogging along I-90, after the Pass we will detour to Snoqualmie Falls. There is a back route into Issaquah/Sammamish along Hwy 203/202 that can’t be missed! We’ll end the drive with a dinner in downtown Issaquah. Total drive time (estimated via googlemaps) is about 5 hours.
Our itinerary:
*****0. We’ll have a driver’s meeting before departure to go over our route & caravan rules. Proposed stops, desired additional stops, no driving crazy, radios set to 10-10, driving/fog lights on, any non-Viper gets mixed up with us, slow to a crawl so they get irritated & get out of our way, etc, etc, etc.
1. Start at Redmond Town Center. We will go out the back (and more fun) way to Monroe.
2. Stop at South end of Monroe at Al Borin Park to pick up anyone coming from the north. Gas is around the corner from here.
3. Continue on to Highway 2 towards Stevens Pass.
4. Stop at Nason Creek Rest Stop to prepare for Leavenworth.
5. Arrive at Leavenworth. Shopping/sightseeing/Lunch. We can eat as a group (probably Krystals) or split up, depending on our numbers.
6. Give cat bath (i.e.: gather everyone to depart)
7. Stop in Cle Elum to rest/refuel before getting on I-90.
8. Snoqualmie Falls rest stop. Take a picture, visit the gift shop, but no hiking – we’ll never get back!
9. Continue back roads to Issaquah.
10. Dinner in Issaquah TBD .
