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I went out for a bike ride this past weekend \u2013 we caught the\u00a0Snoqualmie Valley Trail<\/a>\u00a0at the trail\u00a0head in Duvall and then\u00a0biked down a few miles to the south<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It was fun \u2013 although we had bought bikes last year, we kept coming up with excuses as to why not to go out on any given weekend. I had become enamored with the Sammamish River trail (it runs 10 miles, from Marymoor to Bothell), and had wanted to bike that, but a coworker had suggested another trail that he had walked a bit off \u2013 so he marked out the parking lot to meet at and we started biking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trail is about 20 miles long, and is a part of the\u00a0Rails to Trails<\/a>\u00a0program. I believe we did about 8 miles of it, then went back. We\u2019re going to try and pick it up again this weekend, this time a bit further south, and see how far we can go.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As you can see by the picture, the trail is a dirt and loose gravel. It runs through a lot of farmland, corn fields, and past some very tasty blackberry bushes. The bushes were out there in the sun, just soaking up the rays and storing it as up sweet juice that I was sure to not ignore \u2013 it would have been disrespectful to mother nature after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, the best thing about the trip was it was an excellent way to get some exercise without having to go into the gym! Granted, it wasn\u2019t the most strenuous of work outs, but I like to think that we made up in length what it lacked in intensity. But I\u2019ll try and get some more pictures from this upcoming week\u2019s bike ride. While I got a lot of the scenery, there aren\u2019t any of me on my bright red bike!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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