Wow! Bravo. This ride goes on my bucket list. Area looks incredible. Safe drive home.

We're doing it again this year.

Great, what is the timeline for the ride? When do you usually get out of
the winter season?

Where I'm at, we're usually out of Winter by April or May, but there will still be some snow at higher elevations. This ride is quite a bit North of us and crosses the Pacific Crest (over 6.5k feet) at the two high points.
We've scheduled it for the 10th of July. We did it the same weekend last year and there was no snow.

Actually, the two passes are right at 6k'.

Years ago I did this ride (in late May) with my wife on our brand new Lippy tandem. It was the most unbelievable ride we ever did. We got a late start and finished just at sunset. The grind from Forks to the second pass was monumental. There was a 2 mile dirt section on the first climb before Etna summit. Recently there have been many fires in the area ... Is the road paved all the way around?

Yes, the whole route is paved.