Man, the days are clipping by… summer’s rapidly fading and the days are getting noticably shorter. Yet, luckily enough, we’re still getting an occasional day in the 70s or even 80s here in Seattle. So, what to do? Ride, of course.
Last weekend I got a good afternoon cruise in one day with my honey… toward the mountain foothills to the east, including a stop at one of the local motor-crowd hangouts, XXX Rootbeer in Issaquah. They have lots of car and bike gatherings there all summer. It was the first time on the bike all summer for her, since my early summer this year was focused on Sturgis prep and didn’t include many local rides. But we finally got her out there and had a great day.
We looped out around Lake Sammamish on the way outbound, which was very pretty on that sunny day. Then we took a XXX break, getting some of their killer onion rings and a root beer float, which like all of their offerings, are monstrous in size and very tasty. Then we headed out I-90 and turned off onto the back roads, working our way home through Preston, Fall City, Carnation, Maltby, Woodinville, and back around the north end of Lake Washington.
Today was another decent day, bright and around 70F. I took a quick spin out through north Seattle toward the high-bank neighborhoods overlooking Puget Sound, and then dropped down toward Shilshole Marina for a quick ride along the waterfront, through Fremont, and back home. Not many miles, but at least it was some fresh air and a little sun on the face.
Nice day down by Shilshole Marina.
In the mean time, Hanson’s still been working on his bike, and negotiating with the dealer for revisions to his parts order and upcoming shop-install-fest, where they’re going to help him out installing more parts. A front wheel revision and other pieces on order are keeping this next step coming at a snail’s pace, but it’ll finally go in to the shop, at least for some of the work, next week.
While my bike's been, uh, on the road... Hanson's has been looking like this. Not pretty... yet!
So, that’s the latest on bikes and rides around here. We’re both still pumped for the annual Oyster Run, coming up at the end of the month. Hopefully Hanson’s new ride will be back outta the shop by then! (Check out the link (right) for info about the event).
In the mean time, dig this. Our blog here has been getting about 30-40 hits a day, mostly by linkage through search engines, and otherwise by some links from other blogs. While we still don’t have our own webpage populated with any content, people are finding it and then linking here. Pretty cool. Thanks to all those other bloggers and bikers out there who are linking to us or dropping in! Feel free to make a comment on your next visit.
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