Ellensburg

In August, that included a stretch of 12 peaks with “the human-powered guys,” as Okerlund calls Jeff Hashimoto and Langdon Ernest-Beck of Ellensburg, who last year climbed the Bulger 100 over a 107-day span — without using a motor vehicle, instead cycling to every trailhead.

Central Washington cities like Wenatchee, Chelan, Leavenworth, Ellensburg and the Tri-Cities enjoy up to 300 days of sunshine a year.

Four friends in their 20s, all from King and Pierce counties, died last July after the Polaris Razor side-by-side ATV they were in rolled over and burst into flames — as horrified family members and witnesses watched — in a popular forest recreation area northwest of Ellensburg.

Work on the Vantage Bridge along Interstate 90 east of Ellensburg in Central Washington is expected to lead to delays — maybe long delays — especially on busy summer weekends.

One will be set up at Ellensburg, another in Ritzville, where people can take advantage of alternate routes.