Road Bike
So a couple months ago I purchased a road bike.. I have never owned a road bike before but have really like it. Specially since I don't get out mountain biking as much as I would like. Living in Seattle now makes it hard to get over to the east side to ride. I have some big rides planed that I am trainign for. This Saturday the 21st I am doing a 107 mile ride from Wenatchee to Lake Chelan and back. May 25th-28th I am riding from Idaho back to my house in Seattle as I have posted before.. Today I am doing a 57 mile ride after work around Lake Washington. Below are some rides I have done or plan to.
All routes where created with Bike Route Toaster. Check it out at http://bikeroutetoaster.com
Tomorrow's Ride: Around the east side 50.92 Miles, 1,914ft of climbing
Friday the 13th ride: Half lake Washington, 33.55Miles 1,876ft of climbing
Saturday the 7th, Wentchee Heights/Malaga, 32.68Miles and 2,860ft climbing
Future Rides
April 21st Wenatchee to Chelan, 105.92Miles 3,049ft Download: kml, tcx, gpx, view online
May 11th Around the east side, 92.58 miles, 3,008ft gain
May25-28 Idaho to Seattle, 340.46 miles 6,008ft gain
Planning a ride across Washington
About a month ago I came up with the idea of riding the entire John Wayne Pioneer trail from the Idaho/Washington border to Rattlesnake Lake by North Bend, WA. I figured why stop there and why not continue on to Bothell on the Snoqualmie Valley trail. After purchasing a road bike 3 weeks ago I started doing some more research and planning. My idea's came into perspective and all research turned up to find it to be a complete path that is ride-able. The John Wayne Pioneer trail is 100% dirt and can be riding on a road bike with the proper tires. The Snoqualmie Valley trail surface is described as crushed rock and original ballast surfacing. The Burke-Gilman Trail and the final city streets home may be my only paved portions of the trail. I found a couple maps for the John Wayne Pioneer trail and the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. After importing them into Google Earth I created a route in between everything to come up with a final route that is 348 Miles long.
More information on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail can be found at Wikipedia
More information on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail at Kingcounty.org as well as a Flyer/Map
Balls and Sunshine
I hiked part of the Sierra with Balls and Sunshine, and thought i would share this great video.
A few more PCT pictures
 Have you ever looked across a vast valley looking at the hill side on the other side and where amazing at how far away it was. All to be there on foot the next day. |
 1 Month wedding anniversary. Thank you Tom |
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 Resting after swimming the river behind us |
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 Guzzler, sometimes the only way to get water |
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 Checking the map. Are we supposed to go North? |
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Bonanza King Mine
For information on the Bonanza King Mine check out http://www.bonanzaking.com
PCT 2011 Fords, Glissading, and Bootskiing Montage
Wired put together a bunch of video and pictures from the PCT north of Tuolumne Meadows. Most of the video is footage I took.
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