Two Summers for 2016?

Hola, amigos. I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but things have been pretty busy and beautiful. We've had the warmest spring I've ever seen since moving to the North West area. Usually we are wearing jackets to watch July 4th fireworks, but I'm not sure that will happen this year. So much sun for April it's unbelievable. Growing tomatoes might actually be a feasible option this year.

We've been getting around a little bit; Mostly local trips. So far this year we have been to Anacortes (with a stop by Camano Island), Port Townsend, the Olympic Peninsula (staying at the Kalaloch Lodge), and took a slippery snowy hike through the Hoh rainforest.
I got to ride the big unicycle on the new 520 bridge before they opened it, and on the I5 express lanes (closed to traffic) during the inaugural Emerald City Bike Ride and I've been training up on the mountain unicycle more. I did the Chilly Hilly ride for the first time, with some friends. I think this was considered the wettest one yet. The side winds and rain were pretty brutal on the South West side of Bainbridge island. Later in the summer I'll get to do the RSVP ride from Seattle to Vancouver BC. We've done the STP 2 times so far and this year I wanted to change it up and go the other direction. Maybe one day, I'll have time to do the 7 day ride through Washington (RAW - Ride Around Washington).

Here's to another great year of living as well as we can and treating each other with respect and love.


An older home lifted up for what looks like a new foundation being poured. Saw this while walking around Anacortes, WA.