If you haven’t seen Seattle by bike then you haven’t seen Seattle. I think it is really the best way to see the city, and after coming to that realization after years of biking around Seattle, I now try to bike when I am visiting other cities. In order to becoming a great scenic bike…
Most Scenic Rides of Seattle- Series 5 of 5
The last scenic ride in my series of great Seattle rides for new bikers. This is actually 2 different rides, depending on how far you want to go. The main route that I do often is going to Fremont on the Westlake trail and then coming back on the ship canal trail and the waterfront….
Update- Green River Trail is OPEN. And it has murals!
The bridge is done and the Riverton Creek is now open for fish. It looks great and I hope this really attracts the salmon. This creek has been just a pipe for so many years, it is really cool to see it look like a creek again. As a bonus, murals have been painted on…
Most Scenic Rides in Seattle- Series 4 of 5
This is the fourth of my favorite scenic rides in Seattle that would be great to impress someone new to riding a bike in Seattle. This one is a 20 mile trip to Alki Beach from Beacon Hill and back. Everyone in Seattle seems to have taken the iconic picture of the city from over…
Most Scenic Rides in Seattle- Series 3 of 5
This is the third post in my series of my favorite scenic rides in Seattle. These are rides that aren’t too challenging and would be great to show off our city to someone that hasn’t biked in Seattle before. This one has a couple of hills but they are easily done with gradual grades and…
Most Scenic Rides in Seattle- Blog Post Series 2 of 5
Number 2 on my list of rides to take a new rider or someone from out of town to show off our beautiful city. This post is gonna be a long one because I took so many great pics. Too many views, so my ride took a little longer than expected because I kept having…
UPDATE- Green River Trail Closure
I rode past the trail closed signs today to take some pictures of what they are doing over Riverton Creek. I originally wrote about the project here. It is a lot of work and I understand what is taking so long. They are making a real bridge over the creek which was originally just a…
Most scenic rides in Seattle-Blog Post Series 1 of 5
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)…