Report by Garfield Clack

Another great tour organized and led by Robin and Dan. The weather cooperated. The routes were gorgeous, and the company stimulating. There were some 100k plus days. We cycled along the banks of three major rivers in the area: the Columbia, the Yakima, and the Wenatchee. There were tour-hosted meals at well-chosen venues, and spot-on guidance to other places en route where our hands went happily into our pockets. Only a curmudgeon could grumble.

I took a brief census of the twenty participants. There were nine women and eleven men. Ten were born in Canada, seven in the US, and three in other countries. Rounding up or down to the nearest birthdays, the average age of the participants was 66.5. Average age of the women was 64.6 years, ranging from 49 to 75. Average age of the men was 68.0, ranging from 57 to 77. Marj and I were the oldest woman and man. Robin and Dan, our laid-back leaders, were the youngest.

We were all unashamed bikeaholics, judging by the number of bikes we owned. Sixty five in total. The women individually owned between 2 and 5 bikes; the men between 2 and 7. The most common make of bike on the tour was Trek, with 7; then Marinoni, with 3. A measure of our addiction to serious cycling is the average number of years we had been members of CCCTS: for the group as a whole, 8.3 years.