Date: June 4 Monday
Starting Point: Anacortes, WA
Ending Point: Concrete, WA
Via:Sedro-Wooley, Lyman, Birdsview
Mileage: 57
Time: 5:34
Mph: 10.2
Terrain: mildly hilly
Temperature High: 65
Temperature Low: 59
Cooks: Kevin and Bruce
Food: Pan-fried salmon, broccoli, and beans and rice
Weather: cloudy, occasional drizzle
Lodging: Tenting at Eagle’s nest campground and RV park
Cumulative Mileage: 83.3
Miles to Go: about 4,216.7
Today was the first full day of riding. It has turned out that Ann will rejoin us in Colville, WA in order to have time to heal from her injuries from yesterday. I think it is courageous that she wants to continue. Here’s hoping that her accident is the one allotted to this trip and it can be uneventful from here on.
There were a few interesting changes to the route from three years ago: we exited Anacortes by making use of a bicycle trail that included a long traverse of a wooden bridge that went over about a half mile of ocean inlet. Then there was the added piece on yet another bike trail. We had to either lift our bikes over a barrier or try to manipulate them under some bars that were there to prevent motorized vehicles from entering. There was a long stretch after Sedro-Wooley where we followed the Skagit River on the south side. There were no services, no towns, no people, virtually no traffic and, thankfully, no wild beasts. It was a rather long slog that was broken up occasionally by birdsong. As always, I couldn’t identify them, but they sounded familiar.
We robust eleven arrived at the campground safely. The person staffing the store offered to take me down the road in her car to the supermarket to get drinks for anyone who wanted them. Most wanted beer; some wanted Gatorade-like liquid. She felt that because we were on bikes, it was really hard to get to the store. I didn’t turn down the offer. As a result, we discovered a much better store at which to get food than 7-11 and thus ate salmon and broccoli for dinner. It was a gourmet meal that was enhanced by the smell of pine trees.
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