Early (about 6.am, due to jetlag, flew in from Sweden friday) this morning we went out on pretty much the same route (ccw northern part of Lake Washington) as linked in the first post.

Really enjoyed the views of distant mountains when riding out of the city and the 520 bridge was a really good to ride. As expected pretty boring after the bridge to Redmond but got better when we got on Samamish river trail. The trail was pretty good, decent surface, no crowd at this hour and far away from traffic. When we reached Burke Gilman trail the sun warmed us up and we enjoyed the views of Lake Washington on our way back. Began to get pretty crowded with hikers and cyclists at this point but not too bad. Surprised me that pretty much no cyclists we met waved or raised their hand from the handlebar (guess the culture is different here).

Anyway, really enjoyed the ride and can definitely recommend it, the roads and trails surface are rougher than I'm used to but at least we didn't have any flats!