Recent rides 2020

  (other years)   12/31 – 1st NW to 56th to 4th to the Ballard Greenway at 58th.   Burke Gilman to  Ravena to the Ravenna bypass to Greenlake to Winona to 73rd to Greenwood and home on 62nd.  Here’s the map.  15 miles on the Ibis with Odette.  (Q4 split = 14,200 with 4,989 tandem) 12/30 – Fremont to …

ERC news

Got an email from the County yesterday saying that by the end of 2021 the ERC would be open and paved across the Wilburton Tressle and from Coal Creek Parkway to the Seahawlks training facility. It would be better news if they indicated that they planned to connect it to the I-90 trail – they …

Recent Rides 2019

(OTHER YEARS)   12/31 –  Interurban to 90th to Wallingford to 92nd to 5th to 95th to  Roosevelt to Pinehurst to 15th to 135th to 25th to 150th to 27th to 155th to 37th to 165th to the Burke Gilman to Riverside to 175th.  Woodinville-Duvall to 156th to Bostian to Yew to Downes to Echo Lake to Lost Lake to Welch to …

2018 Tibet

From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …

ELK Sam Trail

Yesterday I rode the East Lake Sammamish trail again – the first time since the South Sammamish Segment A opened on January 17.  They did a good job on the trail, it is wide and smooth and attractively landscaped.  Now the only unpaved segment is the South Sammamish Segment B which is 3.6 miles long. …

Capital Budget

clipped from BikingBis with some items of local interest bolded: “One of the biggest projects is for acquisition of land along the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. The budget allows $2 million for land acquisition, as long as adjacent landowners can cross or drive on the trail for agricultural purposes. Future costs are projected at $8 …

Recent Rides 2018

(other years) 12/31 –  Fremont to Burke Gilman to 520 trail to 84th to Lake Washington blvd.  Through Bellevue on  102nd and 104th to I-90 trail to Lake Washington loop through the arboretum to the Burke Gilman to the Ravenna bypass  to Greenlake.   Winona to 73rd and home on 1st NW after a stop at Ken’s.   here’s the map. 30 miles on my Fuji …

2017 – Burgundy

From June 10 to 23 Odette and Jerry travelled in France   here are the photos here is the itinerary:   Day 1 – Sunday Jun 11, 2017 : Fly Seattle – Reykjavik – Paris, train Paris to Dijon Day 2 – Monday Jun 12, 2017 : Dijon – Fleurey sur Ouche – Velars sur …