Yesterday, Sunday Sept. 13th, we had decided to meet Hans at Hoodsport Coffee Company (https://hoodsportcoffee.com/) and then hike up to Mount Ellinor (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/mount-ellinor). Before we left the house we hoped to see the final stage of La Vuelta Ciclista a España. Unfortunately, and traditionally, the final stage of a grand tour begins more as a…
An Outing
Arlene and I haven’t been out much since my bicycle crash at the beginning of June so I’m writing up this quick trip to Seattle today. We left the house a couple of minutes before 11am to catch the 11:25am ferry. We were successful. Our first stop was a few blocks north (the wrong direction)…
2026 Prefontaine Classic
There were events in Eugene, OR on Friday and Saturday, July 3rd and 4th, 2026. We decided to split the driving into smaller pieces. Thursday We didn’t leave the house until a little after 1pm. We already had a reservation at some hotel in Portland but we wanted to spend time on machines, Arlene on…
Three Days Away
Sunday Racing season ended yesterday with Arlene securing the win in the 60-64 Lightweight 5K World Championship. We decided to take off for a few days. We started by driving up to Port Townsend to catch the ferry to Whidbey Island. We left about 10am and arrived at the ferry terminal at about 11:15. On…
Ergomainia 2026
The Venue For the 3rd year the races were organized by Tacoma Rowing and for the 2nd year the race was held in downtown Tacoma at the University YMCA Student Center. Well, I think it’s downtown. Big open space and lot’s of warm-up ergs. My first race was at 9:10am. Arlene’s was at 11:54am. Both…
2025-26 USATF Cross Country Championships
First On Saturday we checked out of the AirBnB, picked up coffee one more time at the PDX Coffee Club, then drove up to the Linfield College satellite campus where there was parking and a shuttle to the Glendoveer Golf Course for the races. We walked the 1.4 miles to the golf course rather than…
A Quick Trip to Portland
We drove from Bainbridge Island down to Portland on Wednesday afternoon/evening pretty much directly to our AirBnB. The purpose is to go the the 2025-26 USATF Cross Country Championships tomorrow (Saturday) where some of the fastest runners will compete on golf course. The weather is supposed to be horrible. We’ve discovered a nice coffee place…
The Day We Started the Trip Home
Packing We have a set of cardboard boxes each of which fits in a specific place in the car. We packed up all of our boxes. Our cooler goes near the rear. This packing was a bit different thought because we were planning on taking our suitcase, one of the coolers, both of our computer…
Shrine of St. Thérèse and Echo Cove
The Shrine On Monday (7/28) we decided on having a quiet day and just drive up the coast as far as possible which isn’t very far. (When driving off of the ferry we’d seen a sign that said “End of Road, 24 miles.”) Arlene did some research and found a couple of things to look…
The West Glacier Trail
Sunday Morning Our plan was to start early and row on the rowing machine, then find coffee and go to Fake Cedars in Juneau. We were a little later than planned leaving the AirBnB and then struggled to find an open coffee place. Once we finally found coffee we were certain to arrive late for…