Monday, June 6, 2011

Seattle

Upon arriving in Seattle (21 hours after departing Emeeryville) I exited the train to the sound of, what I first took to be, an over-entusiastic car stereo. The music, however was coming from high up and I was catching the unmistakable ringing guitar of The Edge. I looked up and saw a crowd of people packing Qwest Field and Bono's voice soon came over the loudspeakers. When I figure out how to do it I'll post a short video.

The next day I was meeting some friends on the other side of Lake Washington from where I was staying in Bellevue. It was time to pack the panniers and see how the bike handled with an extra 30lbs. The answer is, slowly. I may have underestimated the impact of the additional weight and some of the upcoming legs are going to be longer days in the saddle than I had anticipated. Here's the ride out and the ride back.

  

This morning it's off to Seattle and the ferry to Bremerton, providing a far more bucolic ride to Olympia than I had have transiting the Seattle-Tacoma megapolis on the eastern side of Puget Sound.
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  1. Nathaniel, Wyatt and EilyJune 7, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    Don't worry about the weight, you'll lose the 30lbs by the end of all this! The bike looks great with the orange panniers too. They would have clashed with the red Focus, so I would have chosen the Taylor for that reason alone.

    That is a pretty ambitious itinerary you put together. I am looking forward to reading more...especially the diatribes that I know will come once you encounter some of the inevitable displays of stupidity that await you on your journey!

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