6/8 - getting ready to ride again! This time we’re going to the Olympic Peninsula to dip our tires in the Pacific Ocean. But first we have to finish the strawberry rhubarb pie!
6/9 Stig is very happy to be back on the bike. He was afraid we’d never do it! We decided to leave our touring bikes at home because we aren’t going to camp and we’ll be mostly on pavement. The only problem was that we also left behind the fenders, and after weeks of sun, it’s raining!
6/9 What a joy to ride in a place with a bicycle infrastructure! We rode the bike trail under the West Seattle Bridge, then up the bus only route to the Sodo Light Rail station. First time to board the train with a bicycle. It went well.
6/9 At the Northgate station, we got off the train, took the new pedestrian bridge over I-5, then found the Interurban Trail that led us to Edmonds and then to the Kingston Ferry. We even passed a sculpture park in Shoreline and paused for the snail.
6/9 Getting off the ferry, where sadly they STILL don’t have food service, we stopped at the GrubHub for lunch. Stig thought we should take home the kitchen appliances for his apartment, but I told him they wouldn’t want us to take their salt and pepper shakers.
6/9 The ride from the ferry to Port Hadlock was wet and marked by heavy traffic. Unlike Kentucky, most of the time there was good shoulder. In Port Gamble we rode on the sidewalk to avoid a no-shoulder stretch. It was lovely to finally arrive at the Old Alcohol Plant in Port Hadlock and dry out.
6/10 Woke up to more rain and the restaurant was closed until 10. So we made do with oatmeal for breakfast. Enjoyed the architectural features of the Old Alcohol Plant (the alcohol produced here was for cleaning ships). Liked the thought of the day at the front desk.
6/9 We tried to get out early to miss the traffic on highways 20 and 101. The Olympic Discovery Trail starts in Port Townsend, but then stops before Hwy 101. Anderson Lake Road (with no shoulder) is the only option from where we started. Our plan worked well and we got to the trail before 10:00.
6/9 There’s a fire station for sale in Gardiner if anyone is interested. And there is a house with a mural on the bay nearby. The trail suddenly became single track through heavy foliage in a downpour, meaning we got really, really wet. We dried off at the s’klallam tribe deli on Discovery Bay.
