Day 44, A 6 hour Julie ride

Today was my 44th consecutive day on the bike,  and I made good use of it by spending 6 hours on today's ride.............  unfortunately there was not much mileage involved.

My friend Julie and I rode about a half mile to breakfast to start things off.
Following a good breakfast we rode down Queen Anne and rolled a pretty easy 4 miles to Gasworks Park where we met up with Bernice, the third member of our little entourage today.

The three of us biked a mile or so back to Fremont and walked around the Fremont Sunday Market. 

After the gals had enough shopping there, we biked about 800 ft to Theo Chocolate. I babysat bikes while the girls got their chocolate fix.

Following this sweet stop, we rode another couple of miles to the Ballard Farmer's Market.
The girls managed to fill my pack up with "good buys" of breakfast nibbles.

From there we rode to lunch then made our way across the Ship Canal via the Chittenden Locks.
As we made our way back toward Fremont we came across a murder of crows harassing a bald eagle. They'd buzz him as he perched on branches, and chased him hard as he'd fly along.

After the little ornithological reprieve we rolled across the Fremont Bridge and immediately stopped for a cider break.

We had to keep an eye on time, there were a pair of holiday parties to attend beginning at 4PM.  Julie started up Queen Anne, I accompanied Bernice back to Gasworks, since I was carrying stuff in my pack from the Ballard Farmer's Market stop for her.  After I unloaded, I pedaled back across the Fremont Bridge and up Queen Anne via the Kralik Way.

We joked today that this was a typical Julie ride, more Julie than ride!

It was a nice day, though cooler than it has been.  The 44th consecutive day on the bike was in the book.

...........road bike..........rollers.........mtb..........lifecycle.......total Today............16...............0..............0...............0..............16 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..............247.................0..............0...............0...........247 Total..........6433...............0..............0...............0...........6433