At northbend's prompting I decided to ride up to the top of Snoqualmie Pass in the Washington Cascades this afternoon. It's been one crazy week so far with three days straight for meetings in downtown Seattle and going home in the evenings to deal with wildfire stuff.

The ride was a fantastic break - only 22 miles from where I pulled off the freeway. The road after exiting the freeway on my bike was utterly fantastic. Smooth, switchbacks, old growth forest - loved every minute of it. I took the downhill relatively easy (high 20's to mid 30's mph) since I've never gotten comfortable with the Sachs New Success brakes. I may have to do this ride every time I go to Seattle it was that much fun.

Unfortunately the photos are a little blurry - I suspect it was from sweat on the lens.



I love me some switchbacks!