Let's Ride

Okay Riders,

My New Years Resolution is to Have More Fun!

What does that mean? Riding.  Adventure Riding.

There's a three day weekend coming up, Martin Luther King Jr Holiday, January 14-16th.

Riding in January- Hmmm. Snow in mountains, must stay low. Olympic Peninsula!

Yea, that's it.  Weather is the Adventure!

Here's the plan: Saturday catch the 0750 boat from Edmonds  to Kingston, ride Highway to Port Angles and breakfast at Garden Cafe.  Back route out of town, leave Hwy 101 near Lake Crescent for Joyce and Hwy 112.  Hwy 112 to Clallum Bay then Neah Bay.  Camp at Hobuck Beach http://www.hobuckbeachresort.com/ Laid back Surfers campground, spotty wi-fi, Verizon coverage and a hot shower.  A favorite spot of mine.  Possible Saturday side excursions to Elwa Dam deconstruction site, FS roads  above Piedmont, and Cape Flattery Trail. Fellow named Kim smokes the best fish around in Neah Bay.  Hope he's open in January.  The Res is dry, so bring your adult beverages.  Firewood may be wet, I'm bringing some of my own.  There are cabins at Hobuck is it's miserable wet, but for me the weather is the adventure.

Sunday, it's back down Hwy112 to Forks, breakfast with the Twighlight hordes at the Forks Coffee Shop http://www.forkscoffeeshop.com/, then down 101 past Lake Quinalt. We head East on Donkey Creek/FS22 road to Lake Wynoochee and look for a campsite.  Coho campground is closed in the winter, but a remote lake shore site may be possible.  Parts of FS22 pare paved, but it's mostly a well graded gravel road (or it was last June!).  Firewood will be wet.

Monday, we head south from the Lake on a great paved road, the head east to Shelton on back roads.  I suspect it's all or mostly paved. The north up 101 along Hood Canal and back to Kingston.

None of this route is over 800' in elevation, but frozen weather will cancel.  Don't mind camping in it, but I don't want to ride in it.  Long term forecasts are improbable, I'll make the weather decision Thursday the 12th.

Weather's the Adventure, test your gear and foul-weather riding.  I'm bringing Tarpzilla, and a special fire starter.  I plan to enjoy an adult berage or two by the fire.

 Here's a Google Map of the route: http://g.co/maps/s32yq

 Here's a link to a cool mapping Website with the route posted http://ridewithgps.com/routes/882134

You can export the route from this site in several file formats. 

Let me know if you want to join.

2012: More Fun, More Adventure Riding.

Let's Ride!

-Reverend Bill

aka Bill Hucks

206 755-0947

reverendbill1@gmail.com