Author: msuding

The 19 mile ride from Linda’s house in Issaquah to the ferry terminal in downtown Seattle was nice in that most was on trails but the signage and routing was a bit complex.

We met a cyclist named Patrick at … Read the rest

Just did errands and watched movies.… Read the rest

We ate breakfast at the North Bend Bakery. It was a small burrito, but we only have to ride about 24 miles. We’re staying at Steve’s friend Linda’s home tonight in Issaquah which according to this article was “Squak … Read the rest

We said goodbye to the Canadian cyclists at the campground and continued on the last day of this trail (Palouse to Cascade trail).

We met lots of people today:

We met ~8 thru hikers from Mexico to Canada. Amazing! They … Read the rest

We said our goodbyes to Jack and went to the ATM and grocery shopping which allowed us to see a bit of Ellensburg. I like it. We even rode through a bit of Central Washington University on our way out … Read the rest

Apparently when the railroad went out of business the Army grabbed the land to expand their training grounds. They require write your name on a slip of paper and put it in a box at the trailhead. It’s probably so … Read the rest

I saw my first apple farm today but then I saw more desert looking landscape so we are probably on the cusp of dry eastern Washington and wetter/greener west Washington.

We met two other cyclists, Bill and Lee riding from … Read the rest

Christine, neighbor of Cheryl, came over to chat and say goodbye. Last night a local named Jon gave us a watermelon and we ate it with help from Christine’s knife. It’s hydration of some sort.

We rode the rail trail … Read the rest

We gladly left smoky Revere and rode to Ritzville for breakfast. We rode into town near a golf course and asked a man in a golf cart for a restaurant suggestion. He said “go to my golf course clubhouse!”. Lisa … Read the rest

Rachel gave us coffees, muffins and some info at her “Hole in the grounds” coffee shop in downtown Rosalia.

This rail trail called “Palouse to Cascade” has a very rough surface of big chunk gravel used for train tracks. Most … Read the rest

Andreas rode up to Spokane to meet his wife and Brent left us in Plummer to catch the train to Portland then Santa Barbara.

Steve and I rode into our last state (Washington). It hit 99 degrees!

On the Tekoa … Read the rest

Last night Alyssa, our waitress, suggested Brooks hotel for breakfast- we liked it. As we rode around downtown Wallace, I couldn’t help wonder what controversy happened when they built I-90 on an elevated roadway right through their town.

We continued … Read the rest

Finally we get to ride the Hiawatha trail. Andreas joined us.

It’s an interesting backstory too. The railroad company chose that name because of a Longfellow poem. He ran so swiftly that the arrow he shot into the air landed … Read the rest

Tallie at Durango cafe fed us a superior breakfast in the small town of Superior. We stopped in St Regis for lunch and got some cherries. We ran into Andreas again so he joined us.

We talked with local cyclist, … Read the rest

We chose Oxford cafe/bar for breakfast – a classic greasy spoon. The cook didn’t know how it got that name but he did say it existed since the 1880s – that’s impressive.

We mostly rode frontage roads along I-90 and … Read the rest