Connie and I set out on a lovely day for a group ride today from the waterfront in Seattle up to the tip of Lake Washington and back. The ride was pretty flat and mostly along the [surprisingly bumpy at times near the UW campus] Burke Gilman Trail. Our mid-way pit stop in Kenwood was 192 Brewing where we enjoy beer in there generous outdoor garden. On the ride back my bum hurt something fierce proving those fancy padding cycling shorts do basically nothing and, instead, I'll be looking into a new seat by the time we do our next 40+ mile ride.
Oh, and we'll likely not be doing more of Cascade's "brews cruises". We did the one to the south last year as well and, despite the name, there's not much focus on the great local breweries we ride to -- I'd actually like to ride to a couple more for 40 miles! Plus, this year, 192 didn't even have their own beer on tap to try and, back at the finish line in Seattle, the beer served out of a truck didn't include anything dark. We'll arrange our own brews cruise and invite you all along!
Our bikes sunggled up next to one another, ready for today's ride
I love this narrow stretch between parking lot and train yard
Nice reminder that much of the trails we'll be on are old rail grades
Crossing over into Seattle's Fremont neighborhood
Some cruel joke art outside a UW engineering building
From below you can see this is an old train trestle
Some parts of the Burke Gilman trail, like this ravine, are just lovely
The Lake Washington part of the ride
Apparently Kenwood is where float planes go to dry their feet
Took me 5 tries to get this over-the-should-while-riding shot of Connie :)