Day 34

Today marked the 34th consecutive day I've been on the bike.  That and $5.95 will get me a Big Mac meal.

I started off from Hillsboro in light rain and rode to the MAX Blue Line  

In about 10 minutes the train arrived.

I exited the train in downtown Portland, right next to Pioneer Courthouse Square, where Portland puts up the town's Christmas Tree, and  also where it hosts the Holiday Brewfest under a city block of circus tents.  If I would have been thinking I would have arrived a bit earlier to allow a little time to be spent sampling some holiday cheer.

I only had to ride 4 blocks to where the Bolt Bus would pick me up for the next leg of today's trip.
 I had about a half hour before the Bolt Bus arrived, not nearly enough time to detour through tents.

A pretty decent rain shower passed over as I waited for the Bolt Bus.  It would rain most of the way as we rode up to Seattle.  We arrived in Seattle without incident.

It continued to rain lightly as I made my way through downtown and up Queen Anne.  I dropped off my panniers and continued northward, heading toward a volunteer appreciation event sponsored by Cascade Bicycle Club. I dropped off Queen Anne and crossed the Fremont Bridge then followed the Burke-Gilman Trail. It was now dark but the rain had stopped.  There is extensive construction happening in the area of University of Washington and the trail is rerouted through campus.  With the combination of darkness, rain, and a plethora of  various signage, I missed a turn and soon found myself riding back toward Queen Anne.  I turned around and went back into the detour, only to find myself going the wrong way again!  This would not do, I was late already, and these missteps were only adding to my tardiness. For my third attempt I skipped the temporary two way cycle tracks of UW, put on my big boy pants and rode in the streets.

I finally arrived at CBC Headquarters and got "appreciated".  After spending some time there I geared back up and pedaled out.  There were just a few scattered drops of rain as I made my way back.

Looking across Lake Union

I crossed the Fremont Bridge in the opposite direction from what I did just a couple of hours earlier.  I paused along the Ship Canal to take a photo.

I rode back up Queen Anne via the Kralik Way and was happy to have made the trip without appreciable rain.

Free dinner and a beer........and chocolate cake!
Day 34 wasn't bad at all.

...........road bike..........rollers.........mtb..........lifecycle.......total Today............32...............0..............0...............0..............32 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.............613...............0..............0...............0............613
June............309...............0..............0...............0............309
July............615...............0..............0...............0............615
August..........359...............0..............0...............0............359
Sept............292...............0..............0...............0............292
Oct.............708...............0..............0...............0............708
Nov.............650...............0..............0...............0............650
Dec...............59.................0..............0...............0...............59
Total..........6245...............0..............0...............0...........6235