Garin's Blog

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  • Northeast County Loop

    Northeast County Loop

    Shoulder on Smith was literally littered with glass, sadly saw this broken 12 pack’s twin outside Everson. I rode this loop last Saturday, July 6th, a couple of days after Independence Day, but before street sweepers could hit all the bad spots.  This half rack of Corona bottles dumped on Smith Rd. wasn’t the only…

  • Yang Gang

    Yang Gang

    Yes, Yang Gang.    There’s a point in each election cycle where the field is wide open and you get to play the game of “what if.”  Like what if Carly Fiorina advances through the primaries, or heck even becomes president.  I said way back, that given the opportunity, I’d have voted for her in…

  • Stumpjumper Day

    Stumpjumper Day

    Stumpjumper Day.  I think that has a nice ring to it? Maybe it should always follow Independence Day, like Boxing Day follows Christmas. I spent the first Stumpjumper Day riding my early model Stumpjumper up the long grade to the Galbraith towers.  It was a busy day on Galbraith, but most on the road were…

  • Lake Samish Loop

    Lake Samish Loop

    I don’t know if I should call this ride a loop exactly, because the only part of it that is actually a loop is the part around the lake itself.  So maybe this should be in a new classification of it’s own.  I’ll call it an out and back loop where I ride out somewhere,…

  • What Moses Said

    What Moses Said

    Ok, so let’s not hang anyone on the cross, so to speak, over this post, because I know it is not a scholarly interpretation of this biblical passage, but I’ve seen worse so I am going to run with it.   Let’s talk Dueteronomy 5:32-33, Old Testament, Moses speaking.  He had just finished sharing God’s…

  • Another Nooksack Loop Ride

    Another Nooksack Loop Ride

    I’m pretty much wearing a rut into this route around this mostly north of Bellingham loop.  This time riding from my house, rather than downtown Ferndale or somewhere else along the route, today’s ride was a somewhat longer ride at about 50 miles. I did the loop clockwise which for me had more of the…