BRANDON STONE | The Seattle Times

HIGHWAY 20 OPENING 05252011
Highway 20, The North Cascades Highway, opens on Wednesday afternoon after an intense winter of snowfall, avalanches and hill-slides. Wednesday’s noon reopening marks the second latest since the highway opened 39 years ago. Tootsie Clark, 95, has been first in line when the highway opens since 1972. Clark, from Rockport Washington, bakes and serves cinnamon rolls and hot coffee to others who arrive early to wait in line for the highway to open. Clark arrived at 7am to assure her position in line.
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May 12, 2018 at 6:00 pm

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