I traveled about 56.8 miles today.
ad a great day biking through the San Juan islands. Rode up and down mount constitution first thing in the morning (unloaded, thank goodness) before packing up camp and biking back to the ferry port on orcas island. The climb up mountain was extremely steep, but the view from the top was incredible. We could even see Mt Rainer faintly in the distance. This picture is of the lookout tower at the top of the mountain, built by the civilian conservation corps during the great depression.
Took the ferry to Friday Harbor on San Juan island. Biked across they island to lime kiln point, which had some amazing views of distant mountains and nearby island. Biked back along the south of the island, got a great view of mount Baker going over one of the hills. Took a ferry back to the mainland and biked another ten miles to deception pass to camp for the night.
Really beautiful day, very glad I went out to see the islands. Lots of steep hills, but it was totally worth it.
It's been great biking with Eric. He basically planned out places to go and camp for this weekend, and it's incredibly nice to not have to worry about that, if only for a few days.
Heading back to Seattle tomorrow, then I have a train to catch on Tuesday morning. This is really becoming a multi-modal trip. I've traveled by plane, subway, car, bike, ferry, foot, and I'll be adding train and probably bus soon.
Any suggestions of sights to see on Seattle/Portland would be most welcome, as I'm planning to have at least a little time to explore these cities.
Exited to be so close (relatively) to my end goal. I'm hoping that arriving in San Francisco will motivate me to do some big days in the coming week.
Also, I think I broke 4000 miles for this trip today. Hooray! Still have plenty more to go.