Went to the Olympic Peninsula the long way around to escape the smoke. Needless to say, it didn't quite work.
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Part of why I was so itching to go on this ride was because I wanted to try out the exposure bracketing feature on my camera. I would've greatly preferred going into the mountains, but that was unfortunately where the worst of the smoke was.
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I originally intended to see White and Chinook passes, but the Goat Rocks fire forced me into Mount Rainier National Park. Needless to say, I wasn't too unhappy about it.
I'd always thought I'd see Paradise for the first time with my dad since he likes to ride motorcycles through Mount Rainier National Park, but things didn't turn out that way.
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What was supposed to be an overnight visit to a small city turned into quite a situation! My partner and I rode over on my Triumph, only for a nail to flat the rear tire. While that was getting resolved (see the blog post for more), we were limited to walking due to rideshare being pretty much unusable out there. And all of that walking really hammered home the sad state the city's old buildings were. Really sad such an old city is in such poor shape.
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Rode to the end of the Mount Baker Highway.
While working on these photos, I was still learning how to properly handle white balance, so please be kind!
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My partner and I had originally planned to ride the Snoqualmie Tunnel together, but she was too afraid of it. However, I was still able to follow our original plan and meet her in North Bend after riding the length of Iron Horse State Park.
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I could keep up speed better than the cars.
This is my first album where every photo was processed from the RAW rather than the camera JPEG. I'm still learning the process and have since improved, but I decided to leave these largely alone since finishing the album.
When planning this ride, something that worried me was how Snohomish County said the gravel section of the Mountain Loop Highway was closed. I asked about this in a few places, and someone pointed me to the US Forest Service map, which showed it as open. Since I always had the option of turning back in the event the information was bogus, I went for it.
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Two days on the open road through some crazy scenery in Eastern Washington!
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I'd been eyeing this route for a long time, and boy did it deliver!
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I'd been wanting to visit Hurricane Ridge for a while now, and the weather finally was good enough to do so!
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My partner was along for this one, which was the first time in quite a while! Riding felt a bit awkward at first, but it didn't take me long to adjust.
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I wanted to experience familiar sights from the first few days of my 2015 bicycle tour. Seattle to Mazama and back in a day. What a ride!
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After visiting Leavenworth by train a few years back, I was very curious about the route between Stevens Pass and the town, so I headed out that way.
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Headed over Snoqualmie Pass again to check out Roslyn, which had been on my list of places to see for a long time. The town was lovely. I also headed up to Cle Elum Lake and the Cle Elum River, despite the weather turning.
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My first ride to Eastern Washington! Also my first time up to Snoqualmie Pass via the road, as I'd previously only gone through the Palouse to Cascades Trail tunnel.
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I'd originally planned this ride so my partner could join me, but since she ended up having to do something for work, I extended it from Snoqualmie Pass to Cle Elum.
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My partner and I headed up to Roozengaarde to see the tulip festival there on Sunday. We were originally intending to do it on Saturday, but traffic was horrendous! It took us two hours to get only as far as Marysville!
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My partner and I went on an afternoon ride to Snoqualmie, North Bend, and most of the way up Middle Fork Road, only turning back because I was worried about riding gravel with a passenger.
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Went on a motorcycle ride out along the Olympic Peninsula to Port Angeles. It was such a beautiful day for it, too!
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Had to make use of the beautiful weather by following some of my favorite roads!
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Finally got around to visiting Lake Cushman, after wanting to see it on my first tour around Hood Canal a while back. It wasn't all fun, though: I dropped my bike thanks to forgetting my disc brake lock.
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