Friday morn was rather bleak & a good time to spend reassembling my bike and trailer. Only problem was a slight wobble in the rear wheel. By noon, the sun poked thru & Sue got me to a bike shop to have the wheel treated & then treated me to a grand little tour of the Seattle area. We got in a visit to the Pike Market & a great view of the mountains I'll be climbing over this week from the water tower at Voluteer park. Very pretty here – lush greens against deep sky blue dotted with titaniumwhite clouds.
Sat morn I had breakfast with Sue & Alicia, finished packing the BOB & headed off to join the tour in Everett. That little 50 mile journey turned out to be quite challenging. While the Seattle area is one of the bike-friendliest cities I've seen in the US with paths & bike lanesalmost everywhere, I still had 2300 ft of climbing getting to Everett.
The tour people are great – very organized & friendly. After my ride here, dinner at a local pizza shop hit the spot & so did the showers. We're camped out in a school athletic field. And small world, Dave McConnell of my home town Altoona is on the trip for the first week. He was a year ahead of me at BG (which all Toonies know to be Bishop Guilfoyle) and until a week ago, worked at the same hospital as mybrother Ed.
No pics yet. Sorry. But stay tuned. All for now. Gotta get some sleep!