Editing Bike tour/Sep 2020 (section)

=== Day 1: 9/19 Saturday {{done}} ===

* '''Note:''' Medium chance of showers.
* Note: Iron Horse Trail is now called Palouse to Cascades. [[https://palousetocascadestrail.org/info.html Trail Website]]
* Note: Mika will be moving at ~5 miles/hour on gravel, so it'll take ~5 hours for North Bend -> Hyak Parking Lot (~24 miles/2500ft). Home -> P2C parking lot (~40 miles/2600ftt; 4 hours), so the suggested schedule would be 8/9AM-6PM, with all the stops.
* Note: Sunset in Snoqualmie Pass is 7:09PM; sunrise at 6:50AM next morning.

;Route: Home → Cold Creek Primitive Campsite (~68 miles/5000ft) [[https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34024832 Ride with GPS link]]
;Alternate Route: 1) Carter Creek Primitive Campsite (52 miles/4000ft), 2) Meany Lodge (~70 miles/5000ft)
:Mika recommends this route it avoids any steep climb around Snoqualmie/Fall City. The only potentially difficult part is that we'd be on 202 for about 1.5 miles between Fall City and Snoqualmie Falls, which is a busy street and we'd be climbing. There is some shoulder and I suspect a group of touring cyclists would make cars go slower around us. Note that the last bump on this route is not real since we'll be going through the tunnel.

;Plan/stops:
* Stop for water and beer in North Bend (there's a Safeway which is likely a good bet) before heading onto the trail!

;Food:
* Breakfast: home before we leave
* Lunch: pick up/consume something at supermarket in North Bend or pick it up
* Dinner: camp food + beer/cider

; Overnight: Camping along '''[https://parks.state.wa.us/521/Palouse-to-Cascades the Palouse to Cascades trail]''' at '''Cold Creek'''.

:''There are four campgrounds along [http://parks.state.wa.us/521/Palouse-to_Cascades the trail] (not all are on Google Maps), each with three to four campsites, one picnic table, and a vault toilet. They are located at milepost 2109.5 at Roaring Creek, milepost 2113.2 at Cold Creek, milepost 2123.2 at Carter Creek, and milepost 2127.1 at Alice Creek.'' We're targetting Cold Creek which is after Hyak.

:* We should be able to filter water at all of the sites (definitely at Cold Creek). Water is also available at the Hyak parking lot, so we got water there.
:* Fees are $12 and should be payable in cash (bring an envelope or pick one up at Hyak?) in a collection box at the site.
:* Camping is primitive but it's free and first-come. Toilets and picnic tables are available at each campsite. 
:* The last campsite for the day is Roaring Creek at the end of Keechelus Lake.
:* When we stayed at Cold Creek last time, it was very clean and only 1.5 miles from Hyak Parking lot so we got water there.

Other camping options from west to east: 

* [http://www.reserveamerica.com/camping/denny-creek-campground/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=70256 Danny Creek Campground]
* Commonwealth Campground
* Snoqualmie Campus
* [http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/htnf/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=65262&actid=29 Crystal Springs Campground]: $18/pp/night
* Meany Lodge (2 miles off the trail at crystal springs)
* [http://www.parks.wa.gov/532/Lake-Easton Lake Easton Campground] 
* [http://www.silverridgeranch.com/ Silver Ridge Ranch]