Gulf Islands

FOUR DAYS IN THE GULF ISLANDS JUNE 23 – 26, 2005   June 23rd – Thursday   Ferry left Tsawwassen at 10:00 AM, arrived at Galiano Island at 10:50 AM Left Seattle about 5:30. No issues getting into Canada. Took the wrong exit and drove the Ladner Trunk Road to the causeway. Parked in the …

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Biking Stories

bicycle adventures the bikes Handlebar Swaps 1984 Centurion Elite R/S 2000 Litespeed Tuscany 1998 Litespeed Classic 1976 Windsor Carrera Sport 2015 Fuji rebuild 2014 Ibis tandem project 2019 Ibis Rohloff conversion 2013 Rincon project the new tandem the tandem the fixed gear route descriptions trail descriptions 520 Bridge routes BNSF Eastside Corridor 2021 Lummi Island 2019 Corsica 2018 …

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Hundred Highest

Washington’s 100 highest In Search of Higher Ground – Washington’s Top 100 by John Lixvar (Lizard) This essay, reprinted from an earlier Echo, is an excerpt from John Lixvar’s forthcoming book on "Climbing Washington’s 100 Highest Peaks". In order to appease the impatient publishers at Mountaineer Books, Lizard is looking for contributions and/or volunteers to …

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Book Preset Searches

PRESET SEARCHES   Audrey Salkeld   WPA guides   Jill Neate   Biking and Puget Sound   Fred Beckey   Geology & Hiking   Harvey Manning   Europe & Climbing   Phil Woodhouse   Biking & British Columbia   Bob or Carl Dreisbach   Puget Sound & Hiking   Ira Spring (including his photos)   …

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