~60 miles/2300ft climb (Day 5 for our 5 day trip from Seattle to Portland via Yakima). Day 5 was easier than the first three days too, especially because we skipped a big hill near Latourell, OR due to construction. Bridge of the Gods: I think I saw this bridge in the movie Wild. I didn’t…
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~57 miles/2600ft climb (Day 4 for our 5 day trip from Seattle to Portland via Yakima) Day 4 was shorter and easier than the first three days: Bike signals: We had a few choices for the route. We took the WA route but we could have crossed to the Oregon side and ride on bike…
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~82 miles/3300ft (Day 3 of our 5 day trip from Seattle to Portland via Yakima.) I thought the first two days were hard enough but at the end of Day 2, Mako and I both guessed that Day 3 might be the hardest for a few reasons. Bring enough water and food: I think Day…
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~92 miles/751ft (Day 2 of our 5 day trip from Seattle to Portland via Yakima). (Very few photos from Day 2 as we didn’t have much time to stop.) We initially planned to stay at the last primitive camping site on Iron Horse Trail before Easton but I was too slow on Day 1, so…
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~968 miles/22312.9 ft (+ ?350 miles on my fixie/mostly flat) I built a new touring bike this year to replace my old road bike that got stolen out of the bike cage in our old apartment building (note: Padlocks are not secure! A bolt cutter can cut right through it). I built a fixie many…
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~70 miles/4700ft (Day 1 of the 5 day trip from Seattle to Portland via Yakima.) I was too excited about our adventure and got only about three hours of sleep the night before! We got up around 6AM and headed to Mercer Island for breakfast with Mako’s parents. On the way over, we were passed…
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~350 miles/18000 ft climb. The title of this blog “Right Lane Ends” is based on my experience from a 5-day trip around western/central Washington this summer (mid September). Mako and I biked ~350 miles with ~18000 ft climbing during this trip. We noticed that an extra lane (right lane) is added whenever a road becomes…
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Day 1: 104.4 miles/3991ft climb + Day 2: 102.3 miles/3024ft climb. The Cascade Bicycle Club organizes two multi-day supported rides every year: Seattle to Portland (STP) and Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party (RSVP). Our friends signed up for RSVP earlier in the summer and we decided to join them. It was long and…
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~96 miles/3172ft climb. After building our touring bikes at the Wright Brothers Cycle in late June, we test-rode them from Seattle to Anacortes via Interurban and Centennial trails. Our bikes did fine. I was out of shape, so it was a slow ride. We left at 7AM and arrived in Anacortes at 4:30PM. We brought…
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~11 miles/~4000ft climb. I attended a wedding hosted on Sage Hill Campground near Santa Barabara in mid April this year. We decided to hike from Santa Barbara to the campsite. The groom was kind to take our tent, sleeping bags and clothes on his car. Here’s a map for the hike up to E Camino…
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