We--my partner, my kid, and I--have 2 days left to decide whether said kid stays enrolled at her neighborhood elementary school or enrolls in a specialized gifted education program that offers services she very much could use in a different school.
There are pros and cons. But the thing I can't get over is that the other school--the only place in the whole district where these services are offered--is in a no walk/no bike zone. As in kids are literally banned from #walking & #biking there.
OKAY. Stopping point on the Northshore Bike Map, connecting the latest Seattle and brand new Eastside map.
I've added everything I know and I've stumbled upon a bunch of things I didn't before. This has been educational.
I've also labelled a bunch of stuff, added replacement labels for certain attractions that had their labels obscured, and made a couple of corrections.
I'm not including the sidewalk/path hybrid along Ballinger because while sometimes it sure does feel like a path most of the time it's just "sidewalk."
DO YOU KNOW ROUTES I DON'T?
Tell me about them! But only if they're public. I've not included a couple of trails here because they're private.
I have an eBike with a standard chain. It's a Class 1 Bulls, meaning pedal assist only, and most actual use is as a rather heavy standard bike.
My use is a mix of errands and commuting. The assist is great for cargo, when I have to get someplace far-ish as fast as I possibly can, and I when I'm biking up my BRUTAL HILL, which is the kind of hill that's steep enough in parts that automobile drivers complain about it.
Given this kind of usage, what's a good bio degreaser and what's a good lubricant for my chain?
realised yesterday I hadn’t actually gone down 68th (Aidine) in #Kenmore since they put in the new bridge so here it is from the far side looking back north - it’s very nice!
Der Sage nach soll eine Jungfrau einen im Inneren des Scharfensteins verborgenen Schatz behüten. Sie tritt alle sieben Jahre hervor und niest siebenmal; wer ihr siebenmal „Gott helf!“ zuruft, gewinnt den Schatz und die Jungfrau. Einst hörte sie ein Fuhrmann niesen und erwiderte ihr sechsmal „Gott helf!“ Als er aber beim siebten Mal ungeduldig stattdessen einen Fluch ausrief, verschwand die Jungfrau für immer.
( de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharfen… )
Ich kann das bestätigen. Sie kam nicht. 🙁
Der Philosoph, er weiß es nicht zu fassen,
Da liegt der Fels, man muss ihn liegen lassen. #FaustByGoethe 2, Vers 10113, 10114
Has anyone here used the Avondale Road barely-marked "bike lanes" from around the Power Line Trail up to NE 132nd? Because on Google Maps they lack things like "this is a bike lane" markers except at the very, very end. Right now I've marked them as dual sharerows because of how bad they look to me. But are they secretly okay in person?
I did manage a 5.28 mile ride this morning before the rain. It’s been a while, felt good to get out there again. (I also reported a bunch of potholes to the city.)
Biked 21 minutes today which was 3.26 miles and an average speed of 9.2mph... Cemetery was a good ride. Only one car drove through, and one cop car was parked there.