When you talk about the missing link in Seattle, the bike community knows you are talking about the missing link on the Burke Gilman trail between Fremont and Ballard. The fight to connect the trail to Ballard has been going on for decades and it doesn’t look like the lawsuits are going to end any…
Tag: Beacon Hill
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…
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…
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…
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…
The International District missing links
When we talk about the missing link in Seattle it is the Burke Gilman Trail between Fremont and Ballard. But there are a lot of other missing links. We have some great trails in Seattle but they are not all connected. It doesn’t stop most of us for riding but it does stop some people….
Boeing Field Perimeter Road Closure
If you are biking between Tukwila/Kent/Auburn and Georgetown/Sodo/Beacon Hill then the most direct route would be to ride along Airport Way. Airport Way is currently used by a lot of drivers as an alternative when traffic is bad on I5 and they often drive pretty fast. Many bikers do use this route though and it…
Beacon Hill commute to Kent
In 2018 the last kid left for college and we decided to downsize and move to the city. My wife had been commuting for many years and the freeway from South King County to Seattle was not getting easier. In 2019, my Boeing job was moved from Renton to Kent which was really tough because…