Bicycle Touring Blog
We arrived an hour early to the Amtrak Station in Seattle on Friday June 30th, to make sure our bike boxes got on the South-bound Coastal Starlight and to retrieve our checked luggage, only to find there was no train … Read the rest
Early morning crows, along with boisterous teenagers (dangnabbit!) laughing on the shores of Fay-Bainbridge Beach Park, awoke Steve prematurely to a lovely day. Jackie was woken much more pleasantly to a quick fire, and water already boiled for coffee. Steve … Read the rest
This will be a brief, but happy entry.
After Tuesday’s late night excursion, we woke up slowly, like we often do: coffee, oatmeal, stretches on the shore of Ozette Lake. We packed up, also slowly. We headed East towards Crescent … Read the rest
The short version: We rented a car to head to the Northwestern corner of the Olympic Peninsula, hiked to a gorgeous beach, watched the sun set, and went to bed hungry at midnight.
The long version: In our last … Read the rest
We hit 400 miles today as we rolled from Issaquah down to the Seattle waterfront, overlooking Puget Sound. The day was cooler and the air crisp. We took the Mount to Sound bike path alongside the 90 which carried us … Read the rest
We resolved not to set the alarm this Sunday morning, enjoyed the second cup of coffee pour-over style, and managed to have our first lazy meal around 2:00pm. The city of Seattle has been hit by a heat wave, topping … Read the rest
When last we left you, Jackie and I had checked into a plush B&B at the end of the Centenial Trail in Snohomish. We slept well, enjoyed the morning breakfast at the Countrymen B&B, chatted with the owners, and moved … Read the rest
We’re back in action!
If you have been following us avidly, you might remember that last Saturday we had caught two ferries to get to Anacortes from Vancouver Island. We camped the next four nights in Washington State Park, about … Read the rest
The Digest:
32 mile loop circumnavigating San Juan Island, sunshine, fish tacos.
In Photographs:
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Rolling rolling rolling
BOTSFORD! Our kin!
View from Lime Kiln State Park
Selfie at English Camp Park
The fishiest little harbor
View from … Read the rest
Monday’s objective was to take the ferry to Orcas Island and climb to the peak of the island, called Mount Constitution, situated in the center of Moran State Park. The ferry from Fidalgo Island, where we are stationed, to Orcas … Read the rest
It was a very mellow day. We slept in until 10:30 which is a record for me. We enjoyed leisurely coffee around a fire and took a walk along the Shoreline Loop of Washington Park, where we got in a … Read the rest
Spoiler: we got there on time.
But we’re so shell shocked from having missed our train that first day that we got to the ferry terminal an hour and 15 minutes early, having allocated one half hour to the downhill … Read the rest
Things we are thankful for:
Sunshine
Good coffee and good coffee shops and good wifi
Well-groomed Interurban bike paths
Sea salt caramel ice cream
Beautiful ferry rides (specifically the ferry from Brentwood Bay, Victoria to Mill Bay, Vancouver Island mainland)… Read the rest
Yesterday everything was wet. Today everything is damp.
To pass the time yesterday, we held a photo shoot of our glamorous camping amenities from inside the tent.
When the rain let up a bit, Steve stoked a sputtering fire and … Read the rest
Day 7 was lovely. We woke up slowly, rode at a leisurely pace, and took frequent stops around town . Our route took us 37 miles from Ocean View Campground, down along the coastal Lachside trail to University of Victoria, … Read the rest