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  1. 04-01-2008, 07:25 PM #1
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    Skagit Valley Ride????

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    Hey everyone! It is becoming tulip time in the Skagit Valley, and I'm wondering if anyone is up for a TE ride up here? I have SATURDAY, APRIL 19th off.

    We could meet for coffee/breakfast and then head out for a tour thru the tulip fields, ending up at a local brew pub in LaConner, or anywhere. The rest of the day could be spent as anyone wants, but I believe that the street fair in Mt Vernon will be going on, and there's lots of art galleries, and all kinds of things happening during the Tulip Festival, which runs through all of April. Everyone could do whatever pleases them, or simply go home!

    Anyone interested??? I can put together a map and a couple of distances, or we can all just do the same ride. I don't believe there's any major events that weekend, but you must be ready for tourist traffic. Perhaps we can skirt around a lot of it.

    As an FYI: There is a major ride here in May that our Bike Club puts on... The Skagit Spring Classic Bicycle Ride on May 10th... if anyone is interested it is really a pretty good ride, with multiple distances from 25 miles to 100 miles.

    Let me know if there's any interest. If yes, I'll get on the planning!
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  2. 04-01-2008, 07:31 PM #2
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  3. 04-01-2008, 07:39 PM #3
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    Hey Jes,
    Sure, I'd be game for a ride...I think that I responded similarly in another thread, but the loop from Edgewater park, taking the dike road, around Fir Is and into La Conner and back is great...that Rexville market has some yummy stuff (plus espresso) for a rest stop and the tulip fields are great! http://www.destination360.com/north-...p-festival.php. Flat, but usually has some headwinds at some point...33ish miles...whaddya think?


    And, yes, I've done the Skagit Spring Classic a bunch of times...beautiful routes and well-supported...with the espresso truck in the school parking lot at the start and the spaghetti feed and showers inside (BYO towel) post-ride!
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    Sounds fun, if I can go slow lol. Between shifting and looking at the tulips, I believe I shall be a slug...
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    We could all do the same loop - at whatever pace we're comfortable and regroup often.
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    You're on

    OK... three takers so far for the April 19th Tulip TE Ride... I'll start the planning... MM: Excellent choices for riding! I'll see about making up maps, etc, and good meeting place to leave cars safely. AND COFFEE of course!

    I'll post more later! Thanks all... looking forward to it!
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    Sounds good and for you to know: I've got cue sheet/map for that route and will be glad to make copies...also, there's plenty of parking at Edgewater park too. I've met a few friends as well as groups from Seattle bike clubs to do most-of-the-day rides out of there...even has bathrooms!
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    MM: Cool ... I'll take you up on that! So you'll make the copies of the ride routes, and we can meet at the Edgewater Park. I love it! Details: Time of ride... how about 11:00 or so.. gives people some travel time if coming from down south? Or we could even start later if that's better. Can someone order up sunshine for us?!
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    yeah, a bit later in the AM works better, I agree...gives the sun more time to get higher in the sky and warm up all...it's about an hour + drive to get there from Seattle...so, in the interim, we can see who's going and arrange possible carpools or at least caravaning...it'll be great fun...
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    I might have something going on the weekend of 19-20. We'll see.

    The May ride could be good, too.
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    Yep, Knot, but one thing to consider is that the Skagit Spring classic is a supported ride put on by the Skagit bike club, so there's a registration fee involved - not so with a TE ride!
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    Yeah, but April 19-20 DebW will be in Ashland at UBI. (UBI!!! OMG!!!! www.bikeschool.com ) Anybody wanna carpool down, let me know. I'm letting the ideas percolate at this point. (8 hrs south of here)
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    Have fun! <sniff, sniff> I'm attending a wedding for one of BIAK's soldiers that day.
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    We're going to a wedding too.

    Now if that wedding falls through, I'm thinking I would LOVE to ride then go to the pub

    Not that I'm wishing for bad karma or anything. Just sayin'.

    HAVE FUN!!! And if you do it another time, I would love to go.
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