Latest Adventures...
Tulips!
Sunday, April 29, 2012 Categories: Photography, Road Biking After our adventure on San Juan Island, we decided to stop in Mount Vernon on our way home to check out the Tulip Festival. We were here a few weeks ago, but only daffodils were up. Not this time! Wow! We biked all around Skagit Valley looking at all the tulips. Some places had farms that you paid to get into, but we found a free one. We heard someone say that the best ones were in the 'pay' farms. Oh well, these looked pretty damn awesome to us! This adventure was free! We fooled around with our Nikon D90, using two lens - Tamron wide angle 11-18mm, and a Nikkor 55-200mm . . . [read more]
San Juan Island
Saturday, April 28, 2012 Categories: Adventure Biking, Camping, Micro-Adventure, Road Biking Sandie and I decided to try 'meeting up' with a Meetup group for some camping and biking. Lots of Meetup groups here in Seattle. We found the Seattle Bicycling Meetup group was going camping in Anacortes then taking the ferry to Lopez Island and San Juan Island on 4/28. Some of people in the group were going to ride Tour De Lopez, but we were not registered for that . . . [read more]
Exploring Vashon Island
Monday, April 23, 2012 Categories: Adventure Biking, Road Biking, Seattle After some mountain biking on Saturday, we decided to go explore Vashon Island with our Salsa Vaya's on Sunday. We can't pass up the opportunity to bike when the weather is so beautiful here! The ferry to Vashon is literally right down the street from us . . . [read more]
Connecting Grand Ridge to Tiger Mountain?
Sunday, April 22, 2012 Categories: Adventure Biking, Mountain Biking, Seattle Another weekend of great weather here in western Washington! On Saturday (4/21) Sandie and I decided to go mountain bike riding and check out a way to get to Tiger Mountain from Grand Ridge. Tiger Mountain had just opened for the season a couple weeks ago, and a lot of people get excited about riding it . . . [read more]
Squak Mountain 50K
Monday, April 16, 2012 Categories: Beer, Racing, Running Well...that was one of the toughest things I've ever done. 31 miles. Over 8000' of ascent. Supposedly it's the steepest trail running event in Washington, according to Evergreen Trail Runs. My Garmin Edge 500 showed some grades around 40%. My feet hate me. The GPS mileage was off by about 25%, but very close with elevation gain . . . [read more]
Easter Weekend 2012 in Anacortes
Monday, April 9, 2012 Categories: Adventure Biking, Beer, Hiking, Micro-Adventure, Road Trip, Seattle Finally...a nice weekend! Sandie and I have been waiting for this for a while now. We were not disappointed, and now know why we moved here to the Pacific Northwest. We decided to go on a 'micro-adventure' for Easter weekend. Reservations were made at the Cap Sante Inn in Anacortes, and we brought the Salsa Vayas with gear to go 'adventure biking' around Whidbey Island and maybe see some tulips in Mount Vernon at their month-long Tulip Festival. Anacortes is about 80 miles from where we live in West Seattle . . . [read more]
Berlin, Germany – Prost!
Thursday, March 22, 2012 Categories: Beer, Biking, Travel I had the chance to travel to Berlin (Germany) for work last week, so of course I was going to take the opportunity to explore a new city. All work and no play? C'mon! I was disappointed that Sandie couldn't join me. But I brought my camera and would document this adventure the best I could so she could experience it like she was there. A co-worker was also joining me on this trip . . . [read more]
Seattle Bike Expo 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012 Categories: Biking, Seattle If the largest consumer bicycle show in the United States was 10 miles away, would you go? The Seattle Bicycle Expo for 2012 was held on March 10-11 this year. We got a deal online for 2-for-1 tickets through LivingSocial.com. Total excitement ensued for an entire week! Located at Smith Cove Cruise Terminal, it is an easy bike ride for us from West Seattle taking the Elliot Bay Trail . . . [read more]
Chilly Hilly!
Sunday, February 26, 2012 Categories: Road Biking, Seattle It was chilly. The course was hilly. There was snow, and there was chili. Chilly Hilly ride around Bainbridge Island! Cascade Bicycle Club puts on a lot of events across Washington State. This was the first organized bike ride Sandie and I have attended since we moved here . . . [read more]