We have had some difficulty cycling this spring. There has been a record amount of rain, making it hard to find times to get out. But we have done our best, and have accumulated a fairly large number of cycling miles.
We enjoy our Whidbey Island rides, as they are hard and hilly. We also have done a couple of organized bike rides. Those are fun for a different reason. Primarily they are fun because you are riding with a large number of like-minded people. Of course, our favorite organized ride is the STP (Seattle to Portland), the ride we focus our training on. We basically need about 1400 miles on our bikes before we can do this ride and have fun on it. That means riding almost every day--some serious discipline.
So far this year we have done the Tulip Pedal ride in La Conner:
And the Bike N Brews in Seattle, with Jules:
This coming weekend we are traveling to the tri-cities to ride the Inland Empire with Jules. It is one of our favorite weekends of the year, and favorite rides. We go up a long climb in Weber Canyon to Horse Heaven Hills.
We do these other rides for variety and to do them with Jules. Otherwise, there is no place where it is more beautiful to ride on a daily basis (which we do) than Whidbey Island. And if you enjoy cycling up hills, come here: YOU WILL GET HILLS!
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