two bike rides

Scott [1] and I went on bike rides both Saturday and Sunday. It felt indulgent. Here is a list of what we saw: two weddings a game of cricket the sign shown above (which I had to investigate because all I can see is a pair of eyes with heavy eyebrows, as in: "be warned that we give disapproving looks to those who skateboard here") many people tubing down a shady river on which was likely the hottest day of the year a cute hipster geek with skinny jeans wielding some serious camera equipment at a tiny bird a massive soccer meet a sign that said "No Trespassing - Private Trail" which we completely ignored didn't see at all a guy on old school roller skates (he didn't have a Walkman or a sweatband around his forehead, I checked) a bald eagle Mount Rainier and Mount Baker viewed with fields in the foreground and no cars in sight Redmond's first school bell (which I almost broke trying to ring) a piece of large public art called "Portal II" (which I almost broke trying to climb on) a bronze sculpture of a woman sitting on an invisible chair (which I almost broke by attempting to sit on) a rather lovely other world that exists along bike trails just next to rivers hidden from the streets by fields and buildings Whenever we find an empty circle shaped bit of path or parking lot we ride around and around, sometimes going opposite directions and having conversations in two or three word sections. ("Remember that time" "we were camping" "in Yosemite and" "we heard wolves howling" "and thought they" "might want to" "eat us?") That's my favorite part. If you live in Seattle and are curious about the rides: This weekend we took the Sammamish River Trail [2] from Marymoor Park in Redmond to Red Hook Brewery in Woodinville, where we had lunch and beer, and back. This is a highly recommended trip and wasn't too long. If you time it right you can take one of their beer tours and have lunch, and possibly more beer. The next day we took the Cedar River Trail [3], where we recommend parking in the lot just east of and sort of beneath 405. The trail northward through Renton and to the water at the bottom of Lake Washington is walk-only most of the way (a lovely walk though!) and if you bike the streets you'll need to cross some busy intersections and it's not fun at all. So park in that lot and head south-ish and there is a really lovely bit through a wooded section and then the trail is sandwiched between the river and Maple Valley Highway. It wasn't the most interesting out there but it wasn't crowded, had plenty of places to stop, and had straight enough sections that you could build up some speed and let your mind wander. The King County Bicycling Guidemap [4] has been really useful, but do look for warnings on trail pages, the Green River Trail [5] is currently closed to bicycle traffic which happily we noticed before we went all the way out there. [1] http://www.scottandrew.com [2] http://www.kingcounty.gov/recreation/parks/trails/regionaltrailssystem/sammam... [3] http://www.kingcounty.gov/recreation/parks/trails/regionaltrailssystem/cedarr... [4] http://www.kingcounty.gov/transportation/kcdot/roads/bicycling.aspx [5] http://www.kingcounty.gov/recreation/parks/trails/regionaltrailssystem/greenr...

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