Will and I spent another day exploring the Hood Canal. Continue reading Dayride – Around the South Sound II

Taking advantage of a warm Fall day, Will and I rode over the Tacoma Narrows bridge to visit Hood Canal along a road new to both of us. Continue reading Dayride – Around the South Sound

The fire season this year seems to be impacting mountain ranges throughout the Western US. Zooming in on the Northwest and thinking where I’d like to ride next while still avoiding forest fire smoke, I thought of traveling to Cape Flattery. I wouldn’t be impacted by smoke from US fires and the weather predicted clear skies early followed by increasing clouds. Specifically, I would ride … Continue reading Seattle to Cape Flattery

Here are a few photos from my Saturday trip to Sunrise Park Road, inside Mount Rainier National Park. These were taken during a brief visit to Sunrise Visitors Center. Sunny skies and warm temperatures made the ride pleasant. Many people and lots of cars made this Saturday’s visit less special than past visits. Follow this link to see more photos of Sunrise Road taken during … Continue reading Sunrise Road, Mount Rainier

Distance: 278 miles (round trip) Time to complete: ~8 hrs w/ stops Will and I headed to Artist Point at Mount Baker, yesterday. Neither of us had ridden Highway 542. The weather was perfect for our arrival at about noon, after being overcast earlier in the day. The riding was fun, scenic, with enough twists to keep it interesting. Hwy 9, north of Hwy 20 … Continue reading Artist Point, Mount Baker

Distance: 301 Miles Time to complete: 8+ hours Summer officially arrived last week. With temperatures reaching into the 90s this last weekend, I opted to head towards Mount Rainier where I hoped to find cooler weather. I took the Chinook Scenic Byway (Hwy 410) east and returned along the White Pass Scenic Byway (Hwy 12). Both were recently opened to all traffic without restrictions. The … Continue reading Chinook Pass and White Pass

Day’s distance: 263 miles Time of ride: 7 hours (with lunch and fuel stop) Day’s temperature: mid 50’s to high 70’s It was a warm sunny day with some breeze at times – a great Spring day. I rode the Old Blewett Pass Highway this last Sunday with Will. We were on a loop from Seattle to Leavenworth, WA along Highway 2, then south along … Continue reading Old Blewett Pass Highway