Garin's Blog

It's all part of the Experience

  • Jones H-Bar

    Jones H-Bar

    Consider me sold on the Jones H-Bar, at least for the Kona Dew that I ride mostly on mixed loops of pavement, paths and light single track.   I purchased from Jones, installed it a few months back, and now have several hundred miles of riding on them.   I was interested in them because as I…

  • Nooksack Loop – Again and Again

    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…

  • Bellingham Inner Loop

    Bellingham Inner Loop

    If I’ve said it once, i’ve said it a thousand times; I love to ride loops.  Yes, I do.  I even think of out and back rides as kind of like linear loops in that once you turn around, even the terrain seems new; uphill is down, an uphill obstacle becomes a drop, it just…

  • Caira is Two

    Caira is Two

    She is two years old and having pork chops and corn bread, because it tastes better than candles. That’s all, move along now.

  • Ferndale School Bond – Rejected

    Ferndale School Bond – Rejected

    Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now. Zig Ziglar After much thought, I have decided to vote NO on the current FSD Bond.   What I, and many others, want now is a safe clean efficient, modernized Ferndale High School, remodeled or new, it doesn’t matter.  What I…

  • Early Spring Loop – rev A

    Early Spring Loop – rev A

    A couple of weeks ago I kicked off what looked like Spring ‘19 with a 40 mile loop that essentially rounded Bellingham, hitting iconic locations like Whatcom Falls, Galbraith, Padden and Boulevard Park while also extending up to Hovander Park in Ferndale.  Enjoyed the heck out of that ride, but felt like a few revisions…