May 25, 2015
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Alki Beach Ride
Memorial Day, we decided to ride the bikes to Alki Beach. Veronica stayed home to work on homework, but Steve and I and the boys joined our friends Ryan & Erin with their two boys. Malcolm rode in the trailer, but Gareth and Étienne rode the 32 miles round-trip on their singles.
We crossed the Ship Canal at the Ballard Locks. Crazy amount of boat traffic for the holiday weekend, they were filling the large lock. These boats are coming from the Sound into Lake Union.
Riding along the train tracks at Interbay, look what we saw waiting on a siding! These 737 fuselages were built at Spirit (previously Boeing Commercial) in Wichita and shipped by train to Seattle. I often saw these trains awaiting shipment behind the buildings in Wichita.
Riding along the Elliot Bay waterfront, we could see the Space Needle with the flag at half-mast for Memorial Day. Pier 86 grain terminal is in the foreground, we rode past it.
We made it to Alki Beach and had lunch at the hamburger place Carl has been telling me about for the past two months. He had "the most awesome" Hangover Burger, which features French fries and a fried egg.
We let the boys enjoy some time digging in the sand of Alki Beach, then rode back north home to Ballard. We stopped & took a photo with Gareth, Carl, Étienne and Steve once the Space Needle came in view.
Riding back north along Elliot Bay, we could see the Polar Pioneer which is the controversial drilling rig, and ferries crossing.
Living at the top of Ballard we have an uphill climb home, but it was a great ride!
Comments (1)
Great post. Good to see all the pix. Do you think there were any bullet holes in that 737 fuselage? Apparently you have the same weather we've been getting for quite a while.
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