Ride to Hurricane Ridge and Back
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Hurricane Ridge; makes you think of soft valleys and gentle slopes... NOT! WHY were we planning on riding our bikes up Hurricane Ridge? I asked myself this, because seriously, it seemed like a genuine breach of sanity to me. I was doing it because Donald and Ruth were doing it. Donald, my dear husband, and Ruth, a wise, sensible person that I really like to be around. And Donald said that he thought I'd do just fine. We got up before 5am, and by 615 we had Ruth's bike on the top of the car and we were heading towards the ferry. We really had a nice slow start.
I was fed a lot. Even though I had a BIG breakfast, Donald bought me a huge muffin. Next he gave me 1/2 of a banana. I think we started riding at about 9:30.
Since it's usually chilly on the peninsula, I was dressed in wool kneesocks, wool knickers, top base was a wool jersey topped with a wool 3/4 sleeve undershirt. I had a lightweight wind shell on top of that and carried goretex rain pants, booties, a wool hat and my Rainy Pass raincoat. I carried two pairs of gloves and should have had 3. Remember, going up you are fairly warm, but going down it gets COLD!
The ride started in Sequim (pronounced SQUIM) right off Kitchen **** Road. We passed Ain't No Way, and turned onto a busy hilly highway between Sequim and Port Angeles. Once we got to Port Angeles, we started ascending. at first it was easy and gradual, but once we passed the Forest Service Ranger Station, we began an 8% grade that continued for 5 miles. At the 5 mile point, was a campground. After that, I was told, it was going to get a lot easier.


please go to my full report..
http://www.sersale.org/bike/hurricaneride.htm