You find a lot of interesting things when you hit the road early for a bike ride. Yesterday, as I chugged up the hill leading west out of Ferndale I got a good laugh about money littering the streets of Ferndale. Then as I stopped, just in case it was a $10 or a $20, I got another laugh when…Continue Reading
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Spring Loop revision C
Or revision B, or maybe D, I don’t really know how many times I’ve revised this route. Maybe I’ll quit revisions on it all together because lately the changes haven’t really been updates so much as small variations to account for my mood or weather. Today, a sunny Sunday morning, had the trails around Lake Padden pretty busy, however given…Continue Reading
Bike to Work 2019
No Celebration Stations on my wet route to work this morning, just sprinkles and puddles.
Quiet Lummi Loop
Today’s ride around the Lummi Peninsula was the quietest trip around that loop that I can ever recall. That’s something, especially for this particular loop that can be fraught with barking dogs, loud trucks and cars whizzing to and from the ferry. Today though….nothing. Just nothing. It was a nice warm spring morning, not too early, but it seemed everyone…Continue Reading
Haggen to Haggen Revised
Over last summer, and even a bit through winter, this loop became one of my goto loops. I can ride it from my house or it’s almost as easy doing from the Haggen parking lot. It’s basically a loop through Ferndale via Smith & Noon roads and then hitting as many trails/paths as I can link together to bring me…Continue Reading
Nooksack Loop – Again and Again
I’ve done this loop, my Nooksack Loop, again and again and again, each time refining it just a bit. And the refinements keep getting smaller and smaller as there really isn’t much in the way of new trails or roads happening along this route. It looks like the short section of railroad grade between Cornwall and Squalicum Parks is preparing…Continue Reading