{"id":7968,"date":"2013-06-25T22:24:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T02:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=7968"},"modified":"2013-08-01T16:48:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T20:48:02","slug":"day-5-tuesday-june-25-okanogan-to-tonasket-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=7968","title":{"rendered":"Day 5. Tuesday, June 25 – Okanogan to Tonasket, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two options for mileage today and taking a day off was not one of them after only four days of riding. \u00a0We opted for a mini-rest day of 25 miles instead of 70 (which included a Mountain pass)…..see, we haven’t totally lost our faculties. \u00a0So by the time we started riding after ten this morning, the skies were overcast and temps were hovering around 70.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Followed the Okanogan River \"\"<\/a>through the Colville Indian Reservation past beautiful fields\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a> and past desert shrubs.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We felt as if we had just been dropped into the middle of a western movie set,\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>with movie extras on stand-by\"\"<\/a>and comic relief at the ready.\"\"<\/a>The different shrubs\"\"<\/a> were captivating with their varying shades of greens in the day’s muted light.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

By noon, the sun was trying to burn through the clouds, \"\"<\/a>warming the day to around 80.<\/p>\n

The low rolling hills and wind at our back made the 32 miles (yes, I too, thought we were only doing 25) almost painless. \u00a0We checked into our motel by 1:30, allowing the remaining daylight to rest our legs. \u00a0However, after a long shower and relaxing for a couple of hours, we had to do a quick walk-around the cute\"\"<\/a> small town of Tonasket, \"\"<\/a>complete with flowers in whiskey barrels.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The blue sky was now brilliant offering a stellar backdrop for the US and Canadian flags (we are only 25 miles from the boarder).\"\"<\/a>Topped\u00a0off the day with salad, pizza and a bottle of red. \u00a0We noted the increase in wind velocity on our stroll back from dinner and hoped it would not be a concern during our climb tomorrow.\n\t\t