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This was hashed out over several cups of coffee. I’ll be remote in the Seattle area for a couple of weeks in July and had an open weekend to fill. Rough-cut of the itinerary, starting just outside of Carnation, WA:

Friday 7/22

3:00pm – ride to Mill Creek

Saturday 7/23

6:00am – Mill Creek to the ferry station in Seattle

11:25am – take ferry to Bainbridge Island

12:00pm – check out the bike shop/museum and probably grab a bite

1:00pm – ride a section of the Chilly Hilly route up to Eleven Winery

??:??pm – easy 4 mile cruise to the hotel

Sunday 7/24

7:00am – another section of the Chilly Hilly route towards the ferry station

8:30am – breakfast at Blackbird Bakery

9:45am – ferry back to Seattle

10:15am – Seattle to Element Cycles in Redmond

12:00pm – RAMROD packet pickup & BBQ

1:30pm – back to Carnation

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July 30 Update:

And like that, it’s all over. A lot of solo time on the bike; burning through miles, thinking about life and thinking about nothing. Drinking wine by myself in a hotel room while my bibs dry in the bathroom shower. Being honked at. Getting waves. Sweating the days crashing and nights.

The front-end of this trip was a RAGNAR run north of Seattle where I did 28 miles within a 24 hour span. The backend was the RAMROD where the ride was something like 150 miles with 11,000 ft of elevation.

I’m cooked.