Our route started from Seattle took us through Renton (home of Boeing), Bellevue, Medina (where Bill Gates lives), Kirkland, Bothell (near wine country), back around the north end and down into Seattle again. The East Side of the lake (Bellevue, Kirkland) is a mysterious place where techies go every day like my Studly Hubby who works at Microsoft in Redmond. Most people just cross a bridge by car to get there, but one can also go all the way around by bike!
Around the halfway point, we stopped at a beautiful park (in Kirkland) for some lawn-sprawling and some lunch:
This view of Lake Washington is pretty much what we were looking at for the whole ride, from various angles. It was an amazing ride!
As is typical for Seattle, we got some rain on the ride. Strangely, it was only raining in Seattle so for most of the ride it was sunny and beautiful but the last 15 miles or so, as we were coming back into Seattle, we had intermittant drizzle and rain. By the time we got home we were soaked and very dirty. We peeled off our clothes and put them straight into the washer. Then we showered, ate, napped, ate again, and now (at 8 pm) we're finally feeling recovered.
Some great quotes from the ride:
"Who put this hill here?"
"Ack! My bike is stuck! Oh, wait, it's my muscles."
"It's Burgermaster! Speed up or I might accidentally stop there, and that would be horrible!"
Our bike team is doing very well, and we should be all set for our charity ride at the end of September. This is most of the team:
I am in yellow and my Studly Hubby is next to me in black.
We are over halfway to our goal for fundraising! If you want to help out, go here to make a donation. Any amount helps! And a BIG THANK YOU to those who have already donated!!!!
3 comments:
"Go Jfunk"!
We made a donation. Be aware that you are now in our list to be fund-raised for about the rest of your life; for example, for high school band trips, Junior Tamburitzan Cultural Festivals, and anything else!
thanks for the inspiration. I miss you two!
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