Hauling Ash

Red Hook Brewery sponsors a bike ride called "Haul Ash" to commemorate the eruption of Mt St Helens in 1980.  The ride started at 10AM.   I always figure when a ride starts at 10AM or later that it is a perfect opportunity to ride to the ride.

Julie and I started from Queen Ann and rode 25 miles to Red Hook Brewery in Woodinville.
 We started off with a few blocks warm up.



Then took off down 3rd Ave West.



After the roll down 3rd Ave West we regrouped, crossed the Fremont Bridge, then rode along the Burke-Gilman Trail toward the University of Washington.



The U of W is undertaking a major remodel of the Burke-Gilman as it passes through campus. While work is being done they have developed a detour that keeps bikes off the open roads. (oh the horror of sharing lanes with cars!)

I missed a turn about 1 minute into the video clip, Julie missed one about 5 minutes into it. There were a lot of bollards, green paint, and stop signs.



Uploading video now, a slow process. One 6 minute video takes over 13 hours to upload on the current "high speed" connection. I'll upload them later when I can get higher speed access. It will be worth the wait, I've got a video of the current Burke-Gilman Trail detour near UW, and the route open to vehicular cyclists as we took the lane and rode our bikes.
5/28 update: DRAT! I'm now on a faster internet connection but just realized I left the GoPro's memory card in Seattle, staged for Race Across America next week. It looks like it will be another month before I get the opportunity to upload those files.

We finished up with a 2 mile ride on cruiser bikes for frozen yogurt.  It was the perfect end to a day of biking.

..........road bike..........rollers........mtb.........lifecycle....total
Today..........90................0..............0...............0............90 Jan............710................0..............0...............0...........710
Feb........... 578...............0..............0...............0............578
March ...........701.............0..............0...............0............701
April..........749.................0..............0...............0..........749
 May...........457.................0..............0...............0...........457  Total..........3195...............0..............0...............0..........3195