A New Journey Begins
A New Journey Begins
Travel Day:1024 miles, 35,000 ft ascent, 9 hrs.Daily Drena: Seattle Beckons We started the morning with some last minute packing and welcoming our lovely housesitter, Brandon, who is going to fit in just fine around here as he pulled up…
The City
The City
Seattle Biking Day:39.55 miles, 1030 ft ascent, 5 hrs. 50 min.Daily Drena: Miles and Smiles with Miley After a restful evening, we awoke refreshed and began preparations for the bike ride around Lake Washington. This began with a finely prepared…
Cattle Point
Cattle Point
Cattle Point Biking Day:21.11 miles, 1338 ft ascent, 3 hrs. 2 min.Daily Drena: Room with a View Today had an unfortunate start of a call from Brandon. Panicking, I answered the phone thinking that Sophie had escaped and run off,…
Tour de San Juan
Tour de San Juan
Roche Harbor & Lime Kiln Biking Day:38.02 miles, 2417 ft ascent, 8 hrs. 15 min.Daily Drena: Balance Today started with an early wake-up call from the 8:00 ferry blowing it’s horn as it left the harbor, but we managed to…
Deserted Isle
Deserted Isle
Shaw Island Biking Day:15.96 miles, 1332 ft ascent, 3 hrs. 21 min.Daily Drena: Quiet Roads We were up early this morning, but didn’t have plans to catch the ferry to Shaw until later, so meandered into the downtown to grab…
Old Pottery Road
Old Pottery Road
Orcas Island Biking Day 1:25.87 miles, 2560 ft ascent, 8 hrs. 17 min.Daily Drena: You Don’t Mind This morning had a pretty fog on the water before dissipating shortly thereafter. We relaxed in the condo waiting until we saw the…
Enroute to Kangaroo
Enroute to Kangaroo
Orcas Island Biking Day 2:28.92 miles, 2759 ft ascent, 7 hrs. 25 min.Daily Drena: Scenic Stops We enjoyed our morning breakfast in the balcony, taking in the last of the sight before packing up and heading off to our first…
The Popsicle that Missed the Ferry
The Popsicle that Missed the Ferry
Orcas Island to Lopez Island Biking Day:30.46 miles, 2362 ft ascent, 9 hrs. 19 min.Daily Drena: The Seven Three Minute Stops Jill and Charles provided a gourmet breakfast this morning, of honey-glazed croissant with fresh jam, steelhead trout, egg frittata,…
Iceberg Point
Iceberg Point
Lopez Island Biking Day:34.00 miles, 1845 ft ascent, 5 hrs. 48 min.Daily Drena: Side by Side A dappled sunlit morning greeted us from within our tent. We wandered over to the outdoor kitchen to make our simple breakfasts of oatmeal…
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound
Travel Day:1162 miles, 35,000 ft ascent, ~17.5 hrs.Daily Drena: Home Sweet Home Trip Stats:233.89 miles15643 ft. ascent51 hrs. 17 min. exploring The morning was spent wandering around La Conner (on foot, not bike…), popping around the various art galleries, book…