1 Island hopping in Washington by Sanjay, Sep 1, 2008, 79 miles, 5548 ft ascent, 5584 ft descent, near Clinton, Washington, US
2 Ferry Hopping on the Bike by Subbu Allamaraju, Sep 1, 2008, 79 miles, 5548 ft ascent, 5584 ft descent, near Clinton, Washington, US 38 photos

Island hopping in Washington

Sanjay

By Sanjay Subscribe

Near Clinton, Washington, US on Sep 1, 2008

Total distance: 79 miles

Total time: 5 hours 26 minutes

Total ascent: 5548 ft, Total descent: 5584 ft

Rider notes: Fabulous ride! Amazingly beautiful! Again, it reminded me so much of Kerala, India.

The entire ride is a sequence of rolling hills. Some of them are quite steep.

Notes: The bridge that takes to Port Gamble is narrow and cyclists are asked to walk the bikes. It was quite intimidating to walk by the side of the highway where the traffic was going at 60mph.

Port Gamble is a very nice little, postcard like, town. There's a nice cafe there.

There are plenty of places along this route for refueling. We had our lunch in Port Townsend in an old fashioned diner -- Niftys? 

Looking at the profile, even though the last hill appears to be "intimidating," it was perhaps one of the easiest. It is a gentle climb over four miles or so.

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Ferry Hopping on the Bike

Subbu Allamaraju

By Subbu Allamaraju Subscribe

Near Clinton, Washington, US on Sep 1, 2008

Total distance: 79 miles

Total time: 5 hours 26 minutes

Total ascent: 5548 ft, Total descent: 5584 ft

Rider notes: My GPS ran out of battery, and I stole this log from Sanjay's GPS.

The total distance/time does not include the ferry rides.

We parked our car at the Mukilteo State Park, and took the 8am ferry to Clinton, and started riding from there to Keystone. At Keystone we took the 10.45 am ferry to Port Townsend.

The third ferry was from Kingston to Edmunds. From Edmunds we took some side streets back to Mukilteo.

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