Dear RSVP Riders

Dear RSVP riders, RSVP is a challenging two-day ride that travels on scenic back roads from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. It’s different from the STP in many ways — it has fewer rest stops, less road support, fewer riders and a more difficult route. These differences make the ride special for the many participants who ride …

Bailey Range Books

Olympic Mountain Rescue – Climbers Guide to the Olympic Mountains (3rd ed.)  Description of the traverse starts on p. 234.  Section on Olympus starts on p. 163.  Carrie is on p. 181, Pulitzer & Clild on p.183.  The scans are from Alexe’s newer edition. Robert Wood – Olympic Mountains Trail Guide.  Description of the traverse is …

Granite

April 10, 2010 Jerry, Alex and Carrie attempt Granite Mountain     A spur of the moment ski tour.  Weather was supposed to be warm with “filtered sunlight.” There’d been a couple feet of snow at pass level during the last week.  The avalanche center was saying considerable danger over 5,000 ft. on Friday going …

Recent Rides 2009

2009 (OTHER YEARS) 12/27 Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit station – 16 miles on Will’s Mountain bike.  (final 2009 mileage = 3,558 with 387 on the tandem.) 12/25 Foothills Trail from Sumner to South Prarie and back – 30 miles with Odette on the tandem. 12/24 Interurban trail to Aurora Village transit station – 16 miles on …

China

  December 14, 2008 – January 3, 2009 Odette, Jerry & Will travel in China   Here are the images     So Will was studying at Beijing University, spending a term in a language/exchange program run by Pitzer.  He agreed to travel with us if Odette and I came to China while he was …

Inter-bothell routes

How to get to Bothell from the Interurban Trail There are a lot of good rides north of Seattle that you get to from the Interurban Trail.  There are a lot of good rides north of Bothell that you get to from the Bothell-Everett Highway. Wouldn’t it be nice to connect these two corridors so …