Sound RIDER! presents the

Café to Café Grand Tour 2010

Ride to Eat – Eat to Ride

Do you enjoy long rides on scenic roads and great food along the way? If so you’re gonna love the Café to Café Tour Grand Tour!

The Café to Café Grand Tour incorporates 15 cafes and restaurants scattered across the Northwest. You goal is to visit every one of them between April and September (take this to mean all spring and summer) and provide proof of your visit to each. Those completing the entire list of 15 locations will be awarded a special plaque to certify their bragging rights.

This year the 15 cafes and restaurants located throughout the Northwest include seven in Washington, seven in Oregon and a Wildcard location. Each location has been selected in conjunction with the editors from our sister publication, Seattle DINING!, based on food quality, location significance and proximity to great riding roads.

This grand tour can be done by anyone regardless of what make or model of motorcycle they ride. It’s a good excuse to get out on some new roads and taste some great food. And while you’re out there who knows what new adventures await you along the way?

We’ve allowed six months for participants to complete all 15 stops. You can squeeze them in while you’re out on other rides, or simply start riding to them once you’ve received your registration package. All 15 locations are revealed in your registration package and there is no particular order in which you must visit each café. Bonus points are acquired if you dine at the location as well.

To get started simply register to play today. Once you receive your registration package you can begin hitting the select cafes. Along the way you’ll be documenting each visit by taking a photograph of yourself in front of each location and collecting a receipt if you want to build bonus points. You may submit your photos as often as you like throughout the spring and summer and a tally will be updated online here each month.

We also recommend various roads to use in the area of each café to make your trip that much more interesting. For adventure riders, dualsport options are included as well.

CLICK HERE to order your registration package now!

Please note. Photos shown here may or may not depict cafes included in this years tour.

"Great places that I wouldn't have gone to on my own." - Doug Ellett #10068

NEWS & UPDATES

6/2 - Craig Windish #10056 found this quaint lighthouse, shown at the right, on the coast near #14.
6/2 - CLICK HERE to view the current standings as of June 1st. Brian Lipscy #10055 leads with 8 cafes completed.
6/1 - Keep the food pics coming and anything humorous is always appreciated as well.
6/1 - Do your homework on gas stops before you ride. It's a good idea to plan ahead with regards to some of the stops.
5/16 - Lloyd Garner #10029 notes there is no fuel for 50 miles either side of stop #15. It's always a good idea to consider fuel availability on the out-of-the-way locations.
5/16 - Several riders arrived at #13 only to find out it was closed in the mid-day. As per the registration sheet, be sure to call before you ride or at least check hours on the internet when possible. Don't be let down and miss bonus points.
4/26 - Kevin Rose #10094 visited cafe #10 and found the delectable dessert at the right. The menu calls it Almond Joy, Kevin just calls it "sinful."
4/8 - The correct address for #12 is 624 S Andes Rd, Othello, WA. The phone is 509-488-0222. The correct name is Carniceria Mexico. Thanks to Shane - #10053 for the update. All riders #10071 and under need to make a note of this.
4/1 - If you signed up for the Road Trip 2010: OREGON tour, you are automatically entered into the Cafe to Cafe Grand Tour at no extra charge and will receive the Cafe to Cafe info when you get your initial tour package.
4/1 - Those entering the Sasquatch Dualsport tour beginning in May, will automatically be entered into the Cafe to Cafe Grand Tour as well and will receive the Cafe to Cafe info when you get your initial tour package.
4/1 - Be advised that certain routes to some of the cafe's at higher elevations may still be blocked by snow. Check our extensive listing of road conditions and always call ahead before you ride.

"Thanks for putting this on. I have been on lots of these types of photo tours in the past but this is the first one that my wife has been excited about accompanying me on. We won't likely make it to all of them but we'll sure have fun getting to the ones we can."

Tim Watts - 2009 Cafe to Cafe participant #9029