17
Jul
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I will be was in Iowa until July 28 to participate in Ragbrai, an annual non-competitive bike ride that goes from one side of the state to the other! I’m riding with Mike, Lindsey, Colleen, Kyla and over 10,000 other cyclists from across the country.
It’s going to be a lot of fun, one big rolling party, stopping off in host towns along the way. But I am daunted by the thought of cycling 450 miles in 6 days, with temperatures that are set to linger above 30C for most of the days!
I’ll be using Twitter to send updates and photos from the road:
www.twitter.com/dmountain
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6
Jul
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I’m just back from the San Juan Islands off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, where six of us spent four days and three nights kayaking and camping amongst the beautiful San Juan Islands.
I got sick just before we left, and on the drive from Seattle the sky got dark gray and thunder rumbled close by and lightning arced over the highway ahead of us. We were supposed to camp that night but I wasn’t disappointed that we ended up in a motel instead!
July 3: I woke up feeling almost all better. We saw Orcas from the ferry! The weather was still terrible, and as we set out in our kayaks there was still the odd rumble and flash. It was a long paddle to Jones Island, which included crossing the choppy open water at Upright Channel. Jones Island had a green meadow for our tent, and deer, and a breeze to dry our clothes.
July 4: A straight shot up the West coast of Orcas Island, past Turtleback Mountain to Point Doughty, one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever set foot.
July 5: Around the North Coast of Orcas to North Beach, from where we got a ride down to Deer Harbor for a relatively short day to Indian Cove. We had planned a longer day, but the wind was up which makes for lousy kayaking. Our new route was shorter and less windy. At Indian Cove we saw a Sunset Rainbow — like a sunset but in the East! Very wierd.
July 6: Early start, short paddle back to Lopez Island where we dropped off the kayaks, got the ferry back to the mainland and flew back home.