Seattle
Monday, August 23, 2010 at 12:49PM It has been a while since I crossed the border, which was the last thing that I posted. I will try to recap without writing a novel.
The day that we crossed the border the temperature, which had been triple digits, finally broke. Along with the cooler temps came the wind. The ride to my stopping point just outside of Seattle ended up being a 60-mile grind fest, beautiful ride but head winds all day.
At the last minute, I changed the route due to some interest from the media in Missoula. Instead of riding through Seattle to Tacoma and then down across Washington I stopped at intersection of state route 9 and state route 2. I will be taking 2 across Stevens pass to Spokane and then across Idaho into Montana instead.
We arrived at my Uncle’s to a bottle of Spanish Cava and sushi. We will just say that it was a little better than the hot dogs and stuffing that had been a staple through Canada.
This has been the longest break that I have taken since I started riding and I have to be honest it has felt pretty good.
I will say that there has been a bit of culture shock involved with coming out of the mountains and into a city the size of Seattle. We took a trip down to Pikes Market and saw more people in five minutes than we had seen in the previous month.
Lots of rest and tons of great food, and several days on the river fishing. All and all the best rest days to date.
8-18
60.63 miles
14.4 mph average
33.6 mph max
4:12:08 ride time
Several people have asked what our total milage to this point so below are the trip stats from AK to WA
2,741.21 miles
42 riding days
10 rest days (4 due to weather or illness)
Reader Comments (6)
Did the group ride come together?
Nice hairdo!
I know I am your mother, but I have to tell you I think you are awesome! The fund raiser is coming together for Sept 4, Bernie is just an amazing person, we owe him a huge thank you when this is over.
Patrick you are awesome! I am so happy you are in the States, love reading the blog and seeing all your pictures. Please tell Azure Hi for me!
2700+ miles! Impressive!!! Welcome back to the states. I love reading your blog and keeping up with your adventures. I'm sure Jackie is having a ball too!
way to go, guys! Seattle is awesome! We also received your gift for Owen in the mail last week - thank you so much!