Thanks Captain Obvious

[AppleTree]

Today I did a ride out to Snohomish and back which means a climb on the way back, up a particularly nasty hill that can actually make me see stars. I always have to chuckle as I pass the spot on the base of the hill where someone has written the word "hill" in green paint as if for an organized ride. It's more of a wall than a hill, so there's no missing the fact that suffering is imminent. I always wonder if it is somebody's idea of a joke, or if it was actually a marking from an organized ride. Hmmm

I am wondering if this was Seattle Hill Road? We live in that area, and *I* wouldn't want to climb up that hill. That reminds me of an organized ride we did last year with the Cascade Club (can't remember which one it was now)... as we turned the corner and faced the hill someone had sprayed "OKAY TO WALK YOUR BIKE" on the road! Not that I needed permission, mind you.

[lauraelmore1033]

It was Lowell hill road. Seattle hill road is just as nasty I think. All roads out of the valley are equally evil--with lots of traffic to boot...

[OakLeaf]

Ride leaders around here are fond of painting the particularly nasty hills. One of them starts with a smiley face at the bottom ... at intervals, the face gets more and more distressed looking and sweaty, then back to smiling at the crest.