Yesterday we went for a four mile bike ride on the Coal Mine Trail starting at Cle Elum and riding up to Roslyn. 300 Feet elevation gain in two miles. About a three percent grade on an old railroad grade that had soft gravel and hole punched in it by horse hooves. It was a fun ride all in all.

Today we took on a bigger challenge. Eleven miles up the John Wayne trail from Lake Easton to Keechelus Lake. Another 300 foot elevation gain, but not as steep and much better trail.

Taken from the place where we stopped for lunch. Snoqualmie Pass is toward the left side of the far end of the lake below between the mountains on the left and center.

On the way back we startled an owl. It flew a short distance, then perched on a branch near the trail.

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Today we went up to Roslyn, WA for a bike ride. The trail is an old railroad grade, about 2+ miles uphill from Roslyn to the end. The rail line was used during the coal mining days of Roslyn. In case you’re wondering, Roslyn’s most famous recent action came during the run of the TV show, Northern Exposure, filmed in Roslyn.

After that, we went through Suncadia, a new development near Roslyn. We looked inside a $.2 million home. Very nice, and rode around on paved bike trails. The development caters to those with money (obviously) looking for a retirement or vacation home. The retirement types live here part time and travel south for the other half, as this is at about 2100 feet elevation in the eastern Cascades. There are also condominiums in the development. Studios start around $300,000 and one and two bedroom condos go for $500,000 up to about $1,000,000. a bit pricey for us, but it was fun to look. And we enjoyed the bike ride.

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For Father’s Day (yes, it was last weekend, but we went out today to get it) I got a new bicycle. This one. We went to Bike Tech, first in Puyallup, then Tacoma. Finally ended up in their Lakewood store, where we found the bike with this little older lady (probably about our age) who had great character, and did a great job of helping us, and had the bike I needed.

Now i have this new bike that I won’t be able to ride until next weekend when we go up to Lake Easton again, because all our bike stuff is in the motorhome at the storage lot.

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