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The Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes
Formerly an old mining railway, the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes makes for leisurely, scenic biking. So leisurely, in fact, that while on the trail itself I actually biked without a helmet! Try that on the Burke-Gilman, let alone city … Continue reading
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Tagged Biking, Coeu d'Alene, fire lookout, helmet, poison, trail, Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
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Portland to Astoria Century
This weekend a friend invited us to ride a century from Portland to Astoria with a bunch of his pals. It was a fun ride through largely new-to-me territory. Not terribly hard, though tiring in that way that centuries tend … Continue reading
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Marysville-Bellingham bike loop
View Larger Map While it’s fun to do a bona fide self-supported bike tour, sometimes it’s just awesome to do credit card touring: you bike long and hard, stud that you are, and then relax in a luxurious bath before … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellingham, bike touring, chipmunk, credit card touring, Marysville
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Whidbey Island Tour
We made this a long weekend and biked up to Whidbey Island, where we spent two nights reading, napping, and playing video games. The ride up was approximately 50 miles, as we followed the Inter-Urban bike trail to the ferry. … Continue reading
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STP 2009
View Larger Map This weekend, Knox and I rode the Seattle to Portland Classic. Doing it at least once is de rigeur if you call yourself a biker in the Northwest. In fact, it was the one big ride I … Continue reading
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