(OTHER YEARS) 12/31 – Interurban to 90th to Wallingford to 92nd to 5th to 95th to Roosevelt to Pinehurst to 15th to 135th to 25th to 150th to 27th to 155th to 37th to 165th to the Burke Gilman to Riverside to 175th. Woodinville-Duvall to 156th to Bostian to Yew to Downes to Echo Lake to Lost Lake to Welch to …
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From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …
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It’s construction season in Seattle, one of our two seasons (the other being the rainy season.) Closures have been announced or are in effect on the Interurban both North and South of Seattle, on the Sammamish River trail, on the Tolt Pipeline trail – and on the Burke Gilman. King County just issued a determination …
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Yesterday I rode the East Lake Sammamish trail again – the first time since the South Sammamish Segment A opened on January 17. They did a good job on the trail, it is wide and smooth and attractively landscaped. Now the only unpaved segment is the South Sammamish Segment B which is 3.6 miles long. …
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clipped from BikingBis with some items of local interest bolded: “One of the biggest projects is for acquisition of land along the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. The budget allows $2 million for land acquisition, as long as adjacent landowners can cross or drive on the trail for agricultural purposes. Future costs are projected at $8 …
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(other years) 12/31 – Fremont to Burke Gilman to 520 trail to 84th to Lake Washington blvd. Through Bellevue on 102nd and 104th to I-90 trail to Lake Washington loop through the arboretum to the Burke Gilman to the Ravenna bypass to Greenlake. Winona to 73rd and home on 1st NW after a stop at Ken’s. here’s the map. 30 miles on my Fuji …
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I’d read that the section of the trail just beyond South Prairie had opened and that the connection to the Buckley section would be open by year-end, so on a misty cold Sunday in the middle of December Odette and I took a ride. The idea was to go as far as the pavement was …
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From June 10 to 23 Odette and Jerry travelled in France here are the photos here is the itinerary: Day 1 – Sunday Jun 11, 2017 : Fly Seattle – Reykjavik – Paris, train Paris to Dijon Day 2 – Monday Jun 12, 2017 : Dijon – Fleurey sur Ouche – Velars sur …
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On May 6, 2017, Jerry & Odette rode from their home in Seattle to Port Angeles, then up Vancouver Island and across to Vancouver and out the Fraser River valley to Harrison Hot Springs. They returned to the USA at Sumas and rode through Bellingham and Whidbey Island for a total of about 475 miles in …
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Bike Log (other years) 12/31 – Interurban to 100th to Meridian. Across I-5 and Lake City Way on 115th to Bartlett and 125th to the Burke Gilman and Juanita Way to 153rd to Simonds to 100th to 145th to 105thand Norway Hill. Tolt Pipeline Trail across I-405 and down to Woodinville-Redmond Rd. and the Sammamish Waterway trail. Evergreen’s “Thrilla” route on the power line trail to the Redmond Watershed …
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