Cascade Loop bike adventure part 1

Starting out on this some 550 mile planned out bike route. First day was more to see how far we could travel comfortably with the bikes loaded up and see if the distance traveled on a daily basis would be suitable to decide on the next locations to choose for the hotel or campsite. Just getting off of Whidbey through Deception Pass really needs bike travel improvement as there is very little in the way of bike/traffic separation and almost no curb room. We were able to travel 62 miles to the Navy Lodge in Marysville using Skagit Valley backroads, Highway 9 and the North end of the Centennial trail. With the added load of 4 - 20 amp 48 v batteries, needed to make sure a location to top off the batteries was available, and to our modifications of the travel plans, the impending heat wave to hit the area in the following 5 days. Really changed a few plans around. Still working on a few improvements on my Gopro filming and timing, seems i missed a few key moments that might have added a little extra content to spice up the segments a bit more. Also brought up that i was able to store all the footage on the micro sd cards, just needed to carry more of them.
All in all, a good intro ride and development of chaffing which was resolved with a container of vaseline application prior to the days ride.