Summer time and the living is easy

Sunday July 30

Spectacular

Canoe Journey ends at Alki

Kicked my rear but did it:51 miles

Blessed relief

A chance to use my foldable filter drink bottle.

South Skagit Hwy

Cold but inviting on such a warm July ride

The halfway point

Over the Skagit from Dallas Road to south Skagit highway

Birdsview Grange

The spooky Hamilton gymnasium

The rail trail from Sedro? to challenger road

Oldie but goodie

The route still works

My annual ride out and back on the Skagit

The garden survived

Monday July 24

Back home from Montana and sweet peas that survived my absence.

Miz Ida after the Hiawatha

Boat houses in Chatcolet Lake

Water lilies near Chatcolet bridge

Chatcolet Bridge

Laundry day in Wallace

Trestles well built

One of the Hiawatha tunnels

Very manageable gravel and all downhill

One of the trestles on the Hiawatha

1.6 miles through Taft tunnel

Taft tunnel start to trail of Hiawatha

Last day of Idaho Trails Relaxed

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Thursday’s hot as heck ride on trail of CdA

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Start of the Hiawatha on Wednesday

Ride back to Wallace after the Hiawatha

Saint John and handprints wall paper

Selfie

Unexpected rainier cherry crop

Detail of wooden cherub

Unexpected interior

Ceiling painted with blueberry tinted paint and wood cutouts

Cataldo Mission church

Dinner in Wallace

Cataldo to Wallace ID

One of several nice posters in Harrison

In the Coffee Haus in Harrison, ID

Day 1 of Idaho Trails Relaxed

The CCC shelter at Chatcolet in Heyburn SP. Blisteringly hot Sunday so a relief it is was check in and orientation only. Missed having access to the showers 2+ miles back at the main campground in Heyburn, but managed a decent sleep in fly free tent after a very long day of hurry up and wait.

Staging in Tamarack RV park in Cd’A

At Missoula Bike Works

My new bike. With luck everything will go easy peasy on the CdA and Hiawatha.

Dinner in Columbia Falls MT



Thursday ‘s dinner special

I enjoyed it.

Dinner in Columbia Falls MT

Dinner in Montana

In Columbia falls near Whitefish.

All ye who enter here, despair (nope)

Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'entrate!