the milwaukee road
From Ellensburg, WA to North Bend and Points West
Web Links and Supply Points
External Links
Washington Parks "Discover Pass"
Seattle Times on the tunnel closures
"History of Laconia at Snoqualmie Pass"
Old Columbia River Highway Cycling Guide pdf
Supply Points
Ellensburg - everything, even a big music store.
Thorp - Big minimart
Cle Elum - Bike shop, supermarket, miscellaneous finds.
Easton - small minimart and part-time espresso shack on I-90
Hyak - an inventive chef, and a minimart up at the pass.
North Bend - Bike shop, minimarts, miscellaneous.
Snoqualmie - Northwest Railway Museum, supermarket in town, shopping mall up the Parkway on Snoqualmie Ridge.
Preston - minimarts
Issaquah to Seattle - every consumable you could ever want.
Duvall, at the north end of the Everett branch - minimarts.
(Note this schedule predates the Snoqualmie tunnel, which cut Laconia and 2 or 3 miles off the route, so Rockdale and points west would be that much "closer" to Mile 0 - road HQ in Chicago - after the tunnel opened.)
