FRIES SERVED TO STP RIDERS

On Saturday, July 16, WSPC Staff were in Centralia, WA with the Fry Van at the 102 mile mark of the Kaiser Permanente Seattle to Portland (STP) Bicycle Classic, a 206 total mile bike ride. Some riders begin their ride at 4am from Husky Stadium in Seattle and have many activation and water stations along the way, but none as popular as our Fry Van. At the middle mark of their journey they are ready for the carbs, potassium and sodium our Washington fries had to offer. Some of the riders made the full ride in one day, while others would camp in Centralia for the night and continue on for the final 104 miles on day 2.

All riders were impressed with the Fry Van and our message. So many potato advocates in this group and stories about how they eat potatoes before, during and after to keep them fueled up for the long ride. The STP had 5,500 riders this year and we served a total of 1,350 servings of fries, the total capacity of fry storage we have in the Fry Van. Continuing on with this event, we may look at working with Centralia Community College to use their foodservice facilities to store fries so we can serve more riders.