(To be updated) We were going to bike to Yakima but instead, we biked around the Olympic Peninsula. Camped in the mountains for 2 nights, on the beach for 1 night, stayed at a cabin for 2 nights, at a hotel for 1 night. Took a ferry to Bremerton and from Clinton. Rained a bit.
TO BE UPDATED. Biked from Seattle to Ipsut Creek. Camped there for 3 nights. Hiked on several trails from the Ipsut Creek Trail. M wrote a report on WTA.
When we moved to Palo Alto, we took a train down. As we neared Palo Alto, I asked M, “do you want to move back to Seattle on bike?” and his answer was, of course, yes! We biked a lot and enjoyed all the rides the bay area offered. Palo Alto was perfect since the…
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This is what we planned: And this is what actually happened: Forest fire started the day before we had planned to head to Cougar Hot Springs, so we had to follow an alternate plan. I’ll write more soon! UPDATED on 2020-05-19 I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I said “I’ll write more…
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101 miles and 6773ft climbing. Took a bus back from Santa Rosa (bus 101; $13 cash or clipper card).
We took a train from Seattle to Spokane and bike back to Everett last fall. 363 miles and 16625ft climbing. Our itinerary was: Spokane to Wilbur (camp), Wilbur to Bridgeport (camp), Bridgeport to Twisp (friend’s house), Twisp to Newhalem (camp), Newhalem to Everett (banya); a SoundTransit bus back to Seattle. We were originally planning to…
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We took a train down to Salem and biked to Willamina for the eclipse. ~30 miles/~800ft climbing. The train took ~ 6 hours, so by the time we started biking, it was quite hot. We got some organic peaches near Rickreall, which were the best peaches we had this summer. The hill felt tough on…
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When I first heard about this ride 2-3 years ago, I thought it was a very bad idea: it is ~150 miles with ~10,000ft climbing. Well, Mako and I did it this summer. We didn’t enter the lottery, so we decided to do it on our own. Our housemate’s dad wanted to do a “practice…
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(This trip was done in September 2016, right after the Enchantments trip.) Our housemate mentioned this amazing bike trip in China, from Chengdu to Lassa: This is a 23-day guided bike tour that goes over 2 >5000m peaks and 8 >4000m peaks. Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time to plan or get vacation for 3…
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~250 miles/15000ft climbing. We did another bike tour in early March: SF to SLO via Big Sur on Highway 1 (mostly). The view was spectacular, even though the weather was not what I imagined California to be like. Day 1: SF to Pigeon Point (56.9 miles/3247ft) Day 2: Pigeon Point to Monterey (81.8 miles/3567ft) Day…
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