[Adult] What are you dressed as? [Nine year old] I’m Silvia, from “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” I don’t understand the teenagers who cruise around at 8pm, after the younger kids have depleted the candy stores. Though I display the universal signs of “go away” (lights out, shades drawn), they still ring the doorbell. “I’m out […]
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Public service announcement on behalf of Franz Loewenherz, Project Manager of the City of Bellevue Transportation Commission. — Jim After months of public input, including focus groups and online surveys, the city has drafted potential updates and improvements to the network of bike and pedestrian-friendly paths, lanes and trails in Bellevue. The draft network plan
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For most of August, I was lucky to have the morning and daylight to let me take the long loop around the northern part of Lake Sammamish in the morning. The extra ten miles is nearly flat, adding variety to my otherwise hilly commute. It also gets me away from the noise and deconstruction around
Before I went to bed, I secured the rain fly … but apparently not taut enough: the wind flapped it around most of the night. Initially I ignored the arrhythmic flapping with my iPod set to “mellow.” That worked fine as long a I was sleeping on my back. As soon as I turned to
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Last weekend I rode RAPSODY (“Ride Around Puget Sound in twO DaYs,” though some say it’s One DaY), an 166-mile loop around the southern part of Puget Sound. I had heard good reviews of its inaugural year, but the last two years, its schedule overlapped with RAWs 2005 (around the peninsula) and 2006 (down the
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I think John has nothing to worry about; he is well on his way to reaching 5,000 miles for the year. Here is how I predict he will do it: January through May: 2,075 miles already done June: 500 miles July: 600 miles (including 206 for STP) August: 700 miles (450 from RAW) September: 500
Day Two: I checked out of the Rugged Country Lodge around 6:30. Their continental breakfast would be available at 7:00, but I was anxious to get riding. I ate a well-bruised banana that I saved from Saturday. This was probably better than the Egg McWildhorse John had. The route began with a choice: a 25-mile
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Summary: Day One: 103 miles, 3,595′ ascent. From the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute west along the Umatilla river to Stanfield, off-course to Hermiston, back on-course to Hat Rock State Park, Pendleton and back. Day Two: 52 miles, 2,938′ ascent. Tamastslikt to Pendleton, north along wheat and pea fields, then a shallow climb up to the Bar
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