Last Saturday my husband and I did my favorite ride. I call it the Kitsap Loops, and it's based on the 2012 Kitsap Color Classic 63-mile route with three loops around Indianola, Hansville, and Poulsbo on the Kitsap Peninsula. The weather was perfect, mostly sunny and in the low-70s. I love the nice, smooth roads on this Kitsap route, and except for two stretches on busy highways, most of the ride consists of nice rollers, only a few short climbs, and a several long descents--my favorite!

Here's a photo of the funky house made from the bridge of the US naval tugboat, the M/V Jupiter Inlet, on Point No Point Road towards the Point No Point Lighthouse near Hansville:



Most people visiting the PNW like to go to the San Juans, but I always think riding on the Kitsap Peninsula is a lot more fun. I hate the rough chipseal roads on San Juan Island, not to mention the steep drops and climbs to get to and out of each of the harbors. Of course, that may have been because the only time I've tried to do a 100 km ride around San Juan Island, I'd only been riding for 6 months, and I was riding my heavy steel bike while my husband was a seasoned randonneur riding his light carbon bike. I'd probably enjoy the ride more now on a lighter bike, but I still don't think that rough chipseal will ever be any fun.