5/31 Rough ride for the bike
Big shout-out to my friend, Sandy, for waking up before breakfast and driving me and my oversized bike box to SFO so doggone early!
After some wrangling, Alaska Airlines accepted the bike in its Amtrak box for the $30 checked bag fee that I had prepaid. When I got the bike in Seattle, it was in somewhat rough shape. Chain was off of the front and back, and headset s loose. It took an extra 20 minutes to get it ridable enough to proceed to downtown Seattle for lunch.
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| Crab and Pork Soup Dumplngs |
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| Beef Sandwich |
After lunch, while on my way to a bike shop to get the headset tightened up, I met Bob at a red light and he offered to show me how to fix the headset. Kudos to Bob!! Probably saved me $30 and a bunch of time.
Then it was off to Monroe via Redmond. I got a flat in Redmond which may have been caused by going on an unpaved bike trail for about 1.5 mi. Fixing that took about 45 minutes, and in the process, I determined that I should have put a new tire on before leaving for this trip. Could not find a bike shop that had Schwalbe Marathon 700C x 25 anywhere, including Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, or Missoula... so I ordered one on Amazon, and had it shipped to a Bicycle Hangar in Missoula where, for the very reasonable fee of $10, they will change put it on for me. Try getting a bike shop in they Bay Area to be so responsive and reasonable.
Finally got to Monroe near sunset, cold and hungry, so I stopped into Jeno's on "historic Main St." for a huge Chicken Cacciatorie dinner. Should've had the half portion... to have enough room for pie.
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Onward into the Cascades after a very nice pecan sticky bun at Sky River Bakery, also on "historic Main St."
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| HWY 2 to Skykomish |
Arrived at the Cascadia Inn around 4PM and hung out after dinner for a bit with Henry and Cheryl (the owners) and their toddler grandson and dog. This is my 3rd time I've stayed at the Cascadia on a bike trip, and it has always been a pleasant experience.
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