So many questions and still two more hours on the plane to Seattle. This great guy Brad Renner, an Ethan Allen dealer in Seattle, picks me up and takes me to his warehouse where my bike is waiting in the box. With the exception of three or four miles, the whole afternoon was on great bike trails. After 33 miles I stopped at a little motel in the city of Kenmore. The goal of getting out of Seattle is done.
Tomorrow is the tough one.
It is hills all the way, capped by Stevens Pass at 4,061 feet. Flying in, the mountains looked big, real big. The first few miles were wonderful. Within the first hour I was climbing the worst hills I have seen in a long time. If the hills that I saw in Woodenville were the norm, I don't think I would last.