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About the Trip | The Bike Tour | The Hikes | Whidbey Island | Home |
The Bike Tour, page 1 of 3 |
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| Our starting point on Puget Sound at Bay View State Park | |
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| Scenes along the Skagit River | |
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| Crossing the Skagit River near Concrete | |
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| Concrete, formerly Cement City, where concrete was produced for dam construction | Old schoolhouse being converted to hotel -- note the odd turrets |
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| The city fathers have a good sense of humor | |
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| One of many funky roadside attractions | Only bald eagle we saw was made of concrete |
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| Crossing Shannon River near Concrete | |
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| Historic bridge over Shannon River | Summer to fall is salmon migration season |
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| View of Sauk Mt, which we climbed the next day | Mt Baker (10,775') comes into view on our ride to Baker Lake |
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| Quiet meandering road leads to Mt Baker | Mt Shuskan (9,127') lies north of Baker Lake |
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| Baker Lake, our destination for the day | We did a 58-mile out-and-back ride from Rockport to Baker Lake |
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| This is as close as we got to Mt Baker | |
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| Start of our longest day, a 70-mile ride from Diablo Lake to Winthrop |
Ride faster guys. . . Bigfoot is on your tail!! |
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