2022 – Alsace and Berlin

On July 19th Odette and Jerry flew to Paris and caught a train to Strasbourg. After touring for seven days they took another train from Frieberg to Berlin  where they stayed with Will, rode for another six days and then caught a train to Amsterdam for an eventual flight home on August 11th. At Christmas …

Recent Rides 2022

Other Years   12/31 – Fremont to Burke Gilman to 520 trail to 154th to Old Redmond / 70th to Lakeview to  Lake Washington Loop Route  (clockwise) to the  520 trail.    Montlake to  Burke Gilman to University to campus pkway / 40th to 5th to 42nd to Latona to 44th to Meridian to 50th to Phinney to 59th / 60th and home …

Recent Rides 2021

other years   12/25 – Interurban to 90th to Wallingford to 100th / NSCC bridge to 5th to 105th to 8th to 115th to 28th to 110th to 39th to 105th to 45th to 94th to the Burke Gilman. The Ravenna bypass to Greenlake to Woodland to 60th  and home on 1st NW.    here’s the map.  16 miles on the Centurion (final 2021 – 15,056 with 2,705 …

# No Trails

Many of the routes we ride are designed to maximize the distance on bike trails in order to avoid traffic and to take advantage of the easy grades left by ancient railroad builders.  Riding in the age of contagion changes things.  Now the roads are almost devoid of traffic and the trails are closed but …

I-90 Routes

Inspired by the 520 Bridge page I put up last year, here is an I-90 page. I didn’t exactly replicate the format – while all of these rides start at the Mt. Baker Tunnel East Portal Viewpoint, some of them don’t cross the bridge.  I’ve tried not to reproduce rides I plotted out on the …

Recent rides 2020

  (other years)   12/31 – 1st NW to 56th to 4th to the Ballard Greenway at 58th.   Burke Gilman to  Ravena to the Ravenna bypass to Greenlake to Winona to 73rd to Greenwood and home on 62nd.  Here’s the map.  15 miles on the Ibis with Odette.  (Q4 split = 14,200 with 4,989 tandem) 12/30 – Fremont to …

ERC news

Got an email from the County yesterday saying that by the end of 2021 the ERC would be open and paved across the Wilburton Tressle and from Coal Creek Parkway to the Seahawlks training facility. It would be better news if they indicated that they planned to connect it to the I-90 trail – they …