Day 1 Puget Sound - Home

THE TRIP HAS BEGUN!

Golden Gardens to home today.  About 11 miles, not including the back and forth looking for a dropped iPhone, but it was found!  "Find my phone" app really does work, especially if the phone is found by good samaritans.  Paul joined me on the ride and Geoff Jones met us there.  Beautiful day for a bike ride.  Low tide  (-2 ft) so we opted for the boat launch at Shilshole Marina rather then the mud flats at Golden Gardens.

Distance - 11 miles; At this rate it will take about a year to get to the east coast!

Vertical feet - 375

Mt. Rainier - Training Ride

Glorious ride today!  Longmire to Paradise - 11.5 miles (up), 2,800 feet, full pack weight.  Great coast down!  Good week - two 60+ miles rides, 1-56 mi, includes 2 Zoo Hill climbs, Edmonds yesterday, and Rainier today.  Spent much of the drive down and back to Mt. Rainier listening to "Renegades" on Spotify - conversations between Bruce Springsteen and Obama.  "Traveling the US" seemed quite on target, and timely given my upcoming trip.

Introduction

RIDE WITH WA 

SEATTLE, WA TO BROWNS COVE, MAINE

DEPART JUNE 1, 2021

WHY DO THIS RIDE - I have wanted to do this ride since high school but time and opportunity never quite aligned. Now is the time.  I have been asked by a few if this ride is to be a fundraiser.   I did not want support a political cause, this country is to divided and whether I chose a left or right cause, the other half would be non-supportive.  I did not want to fund raise for a big outfit, any dollars raised would be a rounding error to their budget. After much thought I decided to support a local food bank.
Why fund raise for Granite Falls Food Bank
 
I recently retired from Gray & Osborne Engineers.  For 25 years I was the client contact/city engineer for Granite Falls.  During this period, I learned much from the staff and citizens of Granite Falls.  One of my “takeaways” is that the citizens and staff of the City help and support each other in innumerable ways.  I would like to contribute to that support, and give back to Granite Falls.  The Food Bank is well run and provides a critical need to Granite Falls and the surrounding community.  Over the years I have heard only laudatory comments regarding the food bank, at City Council meetings and from the residents of Granite Falls.  Thus, I chose to help support the Food Bank with this fundraiser.  

 

See more about their work – HERE  (https://www.granitefallscommunitycoalition.org)

 

To donate to the Foodbank please click HERE. (Pledgeit.org/ride4granite)

 

Thanks for your support.

Warren Perkins

 

 

The Granite Falls Food Bank is an integral part of our social services in town. Not only does it serve residents within the city limits, but it is also available to many others in the outlying area. Serving hundreds of people per week, the GFFB is vital to keeping many struggling families afloat. Many of these families have working parents who, with minimum wage paying jobs, cannot afford many of the basic necessities we all need for survival. 

As City Engineer, Warren Perkins was a mainstay in our community for over 25 years. He provided countless hours of dedicated service to our town, and was vital to our growth and development. I commend his bicycle ride fundraiser, and encourage everyone to give generously.

 

Thank you,
Matthew Hartman
Mayor, City of Granite Falls

Blog site - ride-with-wa-sea-to-bc.blogspot.com