Unusually warm and dry day on Monday and I was able to get out for a long ride.
Down to the lower valley on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail (SVT) to Carnation.
Leaving the upper valley by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
So warm, I was able to ride pretty much all day without wearing a jacket
1st ride without a jacket this year by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Took the SVT to Carnation by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Out onto the pavement past Carnation Dairy Farm, up n over Union Hill to Redmond.
Carnation Dairy Farm / Camp Corey by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
I rode south along the East Lake Sammamish Trail to Issaquah, stopping for an Ice Cream at Bohems Chocolates Haus.
IceCream break at Bohems in Issaquah by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Back on the bike I head east on the Issaquah Preston Trail. I wanted to try out a new way to get back into the lower Snoqualmie Valley I’d heard about.
Starting in Upper Preston a beautifully paved road climbs steeply up Mitchell Hill. The pavement ends at the top by a microwave tower.
Mitchell Hill by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
There’s an old logging road that drops down the other side, petering out to a dirt trail.
Quite steep with some loose gravel and muddy waterbars in sections, I descended carefully.
The descent of Mitchell Hill to the Issaquah-Fall City road.. by
Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
The trail eventually ends at the Issaquah-Fall City road in the Lower Snoqualmie Valley. I ride past Fall City and take the SVT back home to North Bend, 78 miles for the day.