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Bellingham to Washington Park, Anacortes

7/20/2015

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Beautiful day for a bike except it was quite windy today and, unfortunately they were headwinds.  The 45 mile to Anacortes ride felt more like 55.  Overall a very scenic ride on Chuckanut Drive (Route 11) and four off-road trails.  The first one in Bellingham was the Railroald Trail which started a block from my house followed by the South Bay Trail, sometimes to referred to as the Boulevard Park Trail which took me to Fairhaven, the south side of town.  The Padilla Bay Trail is several miles around the reserve.   It was very low tide as I rode by and no water at all in the shallow bay.  Finally after crossing the overpass by the Swinomish Casino, I went off Highway 20 to take the scenic and low traffic March Point Road which winds around with water views and comes to the Jimmy Thompson Trail leading across the water on a long pedestrian bridge.  This trail ends up in Anacortes  proper along the waterfront.

I stopped in Edison to have latte at the Mariposa Bakery and Cafe.  Also their lavender-mint-cucumber infused water was great.  In Anacortes I stopped at the Rock Fish Grill to try out their Anacortes Brewery microbrews.  I had an Annie's Ale which hit the spot after the ride.

I camped at Washington Park, a local campsite run by the City of Anacortes.
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Gyongyi
7/22/2015 04:39:11 pm

I didn't even know you were going on this ride until you sent me your email on departure day. I hope it's going well, and the internet is fast.

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    The Trip Journal is Steve Szirom's account of his San Juan and Gulf Islands bike tour. Posts will be made regularly depending on the availability of Wi-Fi.

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