The long road to the Foothills Trail South Sound rails-to-trails project moves along, but some supporters grow frustrated ROB TUCKER; (Published in the Tacoma News Tribune on August 6, 2006.) Many South Sound residents have long dreamed of a paved walking and biking trail connecting Mount Rainier National Park to Tacoma and on to …
Snohomish County Dreams Of Linking Trails A Step Closer Published in the Seattle Times on 11/9/06 By Diane Brooks Times Snohomish County bureau Leaders within the trails community fantasized for years about this 14-mile swath of railroad. Cutting south from BNSF Railway’s main line in Snohomish, the freight line runs through the Snohomish …
2007 (OTHER YEARS) 11/25 Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit station – 16 miles on mountain bike with Odette. (12 months split = 2,794 with 619 on the tandem.) 11/24 Lake Washington North Loop (counterclockwise.) 38 miles with Odette, Alex & Carie on touring bikes 11/23 Interurban trail to 224th, Main Street into Edmonds. Return via …
2004 (OTHER YEARS) 12/18 Lakeside Circle, 10 miles, on Will’s mountain bike with Will & Odette. (twelve-month split = 961 miles) between 11/22 and 12/11 I rode five bikes (everything but Odette’s touring bike) to Gregg’s Greenlake and four bikes (both of mine and both of Will’s) back. Round trip is about four miles so …
2005 (OTHER YEARS) 11/24 Interurban trail to 41st in Everett, Lowell River road to Snohomish, Seattle Hill road to 134th, SR 9 to Maltby road, Everett-Bothell to Canyon Park, Fitzgerald to North Creek Trail, Burke Gilman to U Village, Ravena to Winona to 73rd and home. 73 miles on touring bike in the rain. (twelve …
2006 (OTHER YEARS) 12/31 Lakeside Circle, 10 miles on touring bikes with Odette. (twelve month split = 2,052 with 777 on the tandem.) 10/28 Interurban trail to Green River, Green River trail to Algona (basically the route in #98 in Woods Southwest Washington except that I got back onto R street in Auburn and went …
Chief Sealth Trail I saw comments in the paper saying that the Chief Sealth Trail was irrelevant to bike commuting in Seattle. In fact, the Chief Sealth Trail isn’t even really a trail – it’s a series of trail segments that don’t connect with each other and that taken together don’t connect a beginning to …
If you want views or if you’re commuting you need to ride the waterfront trail. Here are the links to the northern end of that ride Terminal 91 bike path Myrtle Edwards Alaska Way – waterfront pathway The Alki Beach trail is the southern end of this ride – here is a link to a …
Seattle – Everett Interurban Trail This is an interesting ride that takes you from 110th in Seattle to 41st in Everett – about 24 miles one way. Some of it is on streets and there is an element of route finding until you get to about Lynnwood (and then again in Everett north of the …
Centennial Trail: The scenic route just got longer March 30, 2005: Full story By Diane Brooks Times Snohomish County bureau An achievement 22 years in the making deserves more hoopla than your standard ribbon-cutting. So when Snohomish County on Saturday officially opens a 10.3-mile section of the Centennial Trail, celebrants instead will lift a …
