It's time for a cruise, folks!!!

The 2017 WA Viper Club Fall Colors Tour around the Central Cascades Loop is coming up on Sunday, October 1, 2017.

We will start out on Sunday morning, October 1, at 9 a.m. from the Redmond Fred Meyer (there is a Starbucks inside). 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, unless we can agree on a place to eat. Food and shopping can continue until about 2 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 Blewitt and Snoqualmie. After Snoqualmie Pass we will detour to Snoqualmie Falls to get a few more fun turns in along Hwy 203/202. We’ll end the drive with a dinner in either Issaquah Highlands or 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. 9 a.m. meet at Fred Meyer (17667 NE 76th St, Redmond, WA 98052).
2. Gas/rest stop at Sultan Chevron (at the Hwy 2 roundabout).
3. Continue on to Highway 2 towards Stevens Pass.
4. Rest stop at Nason Creek Rest Stop.
5. Arrive at Leavenworth. Shopping/sightseeing/Lunch. We can eat as a group (probably Krystals) or split up, depending on our numbers.
6. 2 p.m.; 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.