Category: Biking

What’s Going On?

Dosewallips Falls

Hello All. Those of you who are regular followers of my blog may have noticed an interruption in my regular every-other-day posting schedule. The day of my last post (August 25th) my wife and I rode our eBikes up the Dosewallips River Road past the washouts and up to the old Dosewallips Campground. The image above shows the Dosewallips falls that sits about a half mile from the campground and is one of the attractions of that area.

We had a nice ride until the return trip when just after departing the campground, my bike hit a rock and the front tire kicked sideways and I left the road. Fortunately, I was only traveling 3 mph (5 kmph). However, the ground was not level and I dropped down a few feet (with the bike following on top of me) before stopped by a small alder tree and cracking 3 ribs on my lower right back. It was painful and I spent a few days in hospital.

I’m on the road to recovery, but am taking this time to reflect. My blog schedule is subject to review. I will let you all know what the result is. In the meantime, I will spend some time healing up.

Thank you all for you support. It means a lot to me.

PS Does anyone want to buy an eBike?

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Bike Trip Birds

Quail

We went out for a bike ride on the Discovery Trail on the section just east of Sequim, Washington. Just as we were about to turn into the parking lot, we saw this flock of 16 quail. We stopped, I got out my phone and took a picture … then slowly drove and they scattered doing their quail dance/run.

About half way through we saw this vulture on a dead tree along the trail. Sorta wondered if it was a commentary on the way some of the bikers looked … struggling along looking like they would fall over at any time. Don’t usually see much wildlife when I’m out biking … too much attention focused on the roadway, I guess.

Turkey Vulture
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Bikes, Bikes, Bikes

Bikes, Bikes, Bikes

I have ridden bikes a lot in my adulthood. I got a Seiki “mountain bike” in the early ’60’s and put several thousand miles on it (although there wasn’t any odometer). Now I ride a Trek ebike and really enjoy the ease of going uphill (my house is at the top of a large hill). There are a lot of bikes to choose from … but find a bike shop you like and become friends. Riding is good for you!

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Late Autumn Bike Riders

Late Autumn Bike Riders 1

I was out at Fort Worden State Park shooting a roll of film (testing out a new-to-me camera) when I saw this group of bike riders silhouetted against the sky. I liked the two patches of sunlight on the grassy hill leading up to the riders. They came down the hill and rode up the road past me … and I took another photo of them riding away. The image shows a black top service road covered with forest litter after a particularly windy night.

Late Autumn Bike Riders 2

Kodak Portra 400, converted to black and white in Lightroom.

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