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This weekend Tina and I rode from Seattle to Portland, 206 some odd miles. We lucked out with the weather, it was warm and sunny on Saturday and we didn't hit too much wind/rain yesterday (compared to how it could have been.)

The prettiest part of the ride was the first 15 or so miles where we rode along Lake Washington in the morning. We ended up riding in the middle of the all riders and had tons of people all around us the entire time. I got a little frustrated with everyone who didn't stay to the right or move over when you tried to pass after saying "on the left", which forces you to go further out in the lane.

We rode around 18 mph for quite a long time, until we hit the Puyallup hill. After that we rode a bit slower. We (I) only got one flat tire, at the end of the first day in Chehalis, and no one got hurt. And no one laughed at any of my jokes along the ride. As we were waiting to go over the Longview bridge was telling everyone with ears on about how in the earlier years they had to ride over the bridge without an escort. I was tired of hearing how he knows everything and is really experienced, so I piped in - "When I was younger we rode to the river and swam across." I don't think he appreciated it too much.

Overall it was a good ride, though there weren't any good rice krispie treats like in '98 (when we rode across bridges that were slicked with oil and a cross wind.)