A late spring ride in the middle of February
There aren’t many days in the middle of Seattle’s winter when it is sunny and approaching 60. We’ve had 4 of them in a row, starting with my birthday on Feb 18th. I’ve been doing my best to make use of all of them.
Today Andre, Rory, Jimmy, and I set out for a ride from the Southworth Ferry Terminal. Andre picked the route and thought it might have a mix of low traffic paved roads, dirt, and maybe some areas to explore for future camping trips. We found all of that and a few state parks that had never heard of (and which don’t show up in the list of state parks), some hike-a-bike, and a very nice beach where we had our lunch. I can’t really imagine a better ride for this time of year. Andre’s route even got us back to the ferry terminal just as the sun was starting to set.
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Andre’s map of the route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3493123
That ride had everything! Dirt, new fast blacktop, ferry ride, chasm crossing hike-a-bike, granny-gear standing climbs, 50mph descents, stream crossing, iced over puddles, slow-motion endo (me), singletrack, lunch on a beach!
Also, zero mechanicals. Some odd noises here and there that need investigating, but nothing that made us stop and perform a fix.
I nominate this as a recurring mixed-terrain ride.
skookum RIDE!!!!