I sometimes have a hard time staying on my bike while riding in Seattle because I stop to take a lot of pictures. We really have some good views in this city and many of those views are part of easy bike routes. I have at least 5 rides that I come back to a…
Interurban Trail – Seattle to Lynnwood
A friend of mine asked me how to ride from Federal Way to Lynnwood this week. I’m not the best guy to ask but I just rode from Seattle to Lynnwood last week and I was planning on sharing what I learned. I have only been on the North Interurban 3 times and I have…
UPDATE- Lake Washington Loop Trail in Renton
I wrote about this project a couple of months ago and I wanted to share some pictures of the progress. It is almost done and should be open really soon. I really like how close the plastic posts are together and how they are in sturdy platforms. Way less likely for them to be destroyed…
Biking Eureka, California
We just got back from a few days on the coast in Northern California and Southern Oregon. I was able to bike in many of our stops but I think my favorite coastal trails were in Eureka, California. The Eureka Waterfront trail was only 6.5 miles but I was able to see a lot of…
Lake Washington Loops
Longer rides in King County almost always seem to include part of the Lake Washington Loop. We are close to having an all ages and ability trail all the way around now. Just a few spots in Seattle and Bellevue that need some improvements. We now have 2 bridges across the lake that open up…
Beacon Hill Bike Route
Last summer (2020) the city of Seattle started looking at the best route from the Jose Rizal bridge through North Beacon Hill. This is a much needed upgrade to the paint-only lane (one-way lanes) on 14th and 15th that cannot be considered “All Ages and Abilities”. They put up signs everywhere asking for people to…
Duwamish Trail- Cecil Moses to West Seattle low bridge
This should be the main route from getting from South King County to downtown. Getting through South Park is a little dangerous and there are a couple of other sketchy parts which might be why it isn’t used as much as it should be. King County has to fix the section (Green River North Extension)…
Green River Trail Closed Again
The Riverton Creek has been emptying into the Duwamish from a pipe for many years. The city of Tukwila is installing a bridge to daylight the creek before it goes into the river. Last year, they closed the trail for several months working on creating a creek bed and preparing for a bridge. Tom from…
EasTrail under construction Seahawks Practice Facility to 118th
It is getting paved! Someday we will be able to ride from Renton to Woodinville on a paved bike We have been able to ride this southern section of the trail for about 3 years but it has been the packed gravel. Many bikers still ride on Lake Washington Blvd but I prefer the easy…
Coulon Park-Lake Washington Loop Missing Link
No Bikes allowed!!!! In a park! Thanks Renton! There are some trails that along the water that you wouldn’t want bikes on but that doesn’t mean you need to ban bikes from the whole park. They have been banned for years and Renton doesn’t have any plans to create anything to allow bikes to be…
Stretch Island to Seattle
Our family has a beach place on Stretch Island that we typically spend holiday weekends with the extended family. Driving there via Tacoma and the Narrows Bridge takes at least an hour and a half with no traffic. Traffic in Tacoma usually makes the trip much longer. I would prefer to always bike but we…
Logan Avenue Bike Lanes- Renton
The Logan Avenue bike lanes were finished 10 years ago but the stupidity of their design still makes me mad. This is a section of the Lake Washington Loop trail from the Cedar River to “near” Coulon park. Renton isn’t really building much bike infrastructure and it shows. This was about the only trail built…
Bike Touring Intro on Vashon Island?
Cyclists around here all know that all Puget Souund ferry rides end with a hill climb. Almost every ferry dock in the state is next to a big hill and Vashon Island is not an exception. I haven’t rode on Vashon since I was in college but during the 2020 pandemic summer, we decided to…
Water
Yesterday (June 24) after much public complaining, the City of Seattle admitted it had only turned on 20% of the water fountains in the city. Last year, most were kept off the whole year because of pandemic concerns. This year, they got a very late start and they said that it is taking longer than…