{"id":11174,"date":"2015-01-07T08:23:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=11174"},"modified":"2015-01-06T21:42:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T05:42:51","slug":"getaway-lake-stevens-beyond-day-three-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/01\/07\/getaway-lake-stevens-beyond-day-three-arlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Getaway to Lake Stevens and Beyond, Day Three: Arlington via Snohomish Centennial Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Snohomish County Bikes:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>an ongoing series highlighting\u00a0<a title=\"Snohomish County Bikes\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/destinations\/bike-snohomish-county\/\">great Snohomish County bike rides<\/a>. Share\u00a0<a title=\"Write Your Ride\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/06\/19\/write-ride\/\">your own great ride<\/a>\u00a0with us!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bed, Breakfast &amp; Biking: Getaway to Lake Stevens and More, Day One\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/01\/05\/bed-breakfast-biking-getaway-to-lake-stevens-and-more-day-one\/\"><strong>Day One: North Seattle to Lake Stevens, 35 miles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Getaway to Lake Stevens and Beyond, Day Two: Marysville\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/01\/06\/getaway-lake-stevens-beyond-day-two-marysville\/\"><strong>Day Two: Lake Stevens to Marysville and back, 22 miles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Day Three: Lake Stevens to Arlington and back, 35 miles<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_11256\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11256\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11256 \" style=\"margin: 7px 10px;\" alt=\"Bicycle rider with two bikes outside entrance to Mirkwood Shire and Cafe, vegetarian restaurant in Arlington, WA, open 7 days a week\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mirkwood-Shire-Cafe-rider-bikes-Arlington-WA_forweb.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mirkwood-Shire-Cafe-rider-bikes-Arlington-WA_forweb.jpg 384w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mirkwood-Shire-Cafe-rider-bikes-Arlington-WA_forweb-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Important to know if you&#8217;re fueled by calories: Which restaurants are open 7 days a week, like the Mirkwood in Arlington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Day 3 of our getaway from Seattle to Snohomish County offered us plenty of \u00a0sunshine to make up for the soggy ride to Marysville on Day Two. Where to now? That was easy; I\u2019d been to Arlington weeks earlier for the ribbon-cutting of a project that filled a gap in the Centennial Trail and wanted to head back. After chatting over breakfast with Swiss visitors who were heading off to hike Granite Falls, we rolled out around the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, those flat miles on the <a title=\"Snohomish County Bikes: The Centennial Trail\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/05\/30\/centennial-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\">Centennial Trail<\/a> made it easy to plan, since it took us straight from Lake Stevens to downtown Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>With such a pleasant trail section in place, if I were mayor of any other town in Snohomish County I\u2019d be working as hard as I could to get my area\u2019s connection to the regional trail network finished, complete with good signage, so I could lure our wallets on wheels into my downtown, too. (Like, say, Oso and Darrington on the <a title=\"The Whitehorse Trail: Partners, Progress, and Potential\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/09\/20\/whitehorse-trail-partners-progress-potential\/\">Whitehorse Trail.)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coming into Arlington you&#8217;re greeted by banners designed by local artists on streetlight poles, along with tile art set into an attractive stone wall.<\/p>\n<p>At the intersection of the trail and the parallel street 67th Ave. NE with Lebanon St., you can choose to stay on the trail, which has one little interruption at a set of railroad tracks where you&#8217;ll want to ride with care. Or take the on-street curve at the tracks right and you&#8217;ll end up on Olympic Avenue, which runs through the heart of downtown straight toward our destination:\u00a0<a title=\"Mirkwood and Shire Cafe: Vegetarian restaurant in Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mirkwoodshirecafe.com\/mirkwood\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mirkwood and Shire Caf\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Vegan\/vegetarian fare at @MirkwoodShireCafe in @ArlingtonWA. #biketravel&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>This vegetarian\/vegan restaurant\/coffee shop\/bar features kitschy Tolkienesque d\u00e9cor, a big venue for live music, some jewelry and art prints and notecards for sale \u2014 a funny and appealing mix. We sat outside on the wrought-iron furniture where we could see our bikes and look straight down the main street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11258\" style=\"margin: 7px 10px;\" alt=\"Curried vegetable soup, falafel, Mirkwood Shire and Cafe, vegetarian restaurant in Arlington, WA\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mirkwood-Shire-Cafe-Curried-Soup-Falafel-Sandwich-Arlington-WA_forweb-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mirkwood-Shire-Cafe-Curried-Soup-Falafel-Sandwich-Arlington-WA_forweb-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Mirkwood-Shire-Cafe-Curried-Soup-Falafel-Sandwich-Arlington-WA_forweb.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Soup of the day, curried vegetable, was creamy and delicious and my falafel came piled high with tomatoes and lettuce on fluffy pita. My husband enjoyed his panini sandwich with fresh basil, tomato, and mozzarella, and we topped off the meal with strong, hot coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Our wait staff said she sees lots of bicycle business, noting, \u201cAll the bike people sit outside.\u201d She drives from Darrington to get to work and sees more and more bikes on the road all the time. When we visited they were planning some modifications to the layout that may be complete by now to have two spaces, one aimed more at the music-and-bar crowd, the other at the eat-good-food-and-talk crowd.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11276\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11276\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11276 \" style=\"margin: 7px 10px;\" alt=\"Stop by Skookum Brewery for locally brewed beer when you visit Arlington, WA.\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Outside-Skookum-Brewery-Sign-two-bikes-Arlington-WA_forweb-400x225.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Outside-Skookum-Brewery-Sign-two-bikes-Arlington-WA_forweb-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Outside-Skookum-Brewery-Sign-two-bikes-Arlington-WA_forweb.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stop by Skookum Brewery for locally brewed beer when you visit Arlington, WA.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was sorry to see that <a title=\"The Local Scoop: Ice cream, sandwiches, soup, downtown Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/the-local-scoop-arlington\" target=\"_blank\">The Local Scoop<\/a> was closed as we rode down Olympic Avenue, as I\u2019d had my tastebuds set for ice cream. Most of the shops were closed, as it was Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>I saw something similar in Walla Walla and Yakima over Memorial Day and wonder why more retail businesses don\u2019t stay open extra hours on long weekends to capitalize on the tourists coming through. If stores had been open we would have lingered in downtown, potentially long enough to have a second meal in town (I had my eye on <a title=\"Bistro San Martin, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bistrosanmartin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bistro San Martin<\/a>\u00a0thanks to lots of word of mouth recommendations.)<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Planning #biketouring #biketravel to @ArlingtonWA. #bikesnoco&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to Do in Arlington, WA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shopping and strolling:\u00a0<\/strong>Arlington has a cute little downtown strip visible from and paralleling the Centennial Trail with several thrift stores and assorted other shops. I&#8217;m one of those people who loves secondhand stores; I&#8217;d much rather look at the items that embody the stories of people who&#8217;ve already lived than a rack or shelf full of identical brand-new things. And any town with a <a title=\"Denton Massage School, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/dentonmassage.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">massage therapy school right in downtown<\/a> has something to offer the passing bike traveler.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop for food:<\/strong> Restaurants, saloons, and the aforementioned ice cream. Highly recommended by several locals and on our list for another day: <a title=\"Bistro San Martin, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bistrosanmartin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bistro San Martin<\/a>, referred to as simply &#8220;the bistro.&#8221; Another option very close to the trail on Olympic: the <a title=\"Blue Bird Cafe, Arlington, WA, on Yelp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/blue-bird-cafe-arlington\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Bird Cafe<\/a>, which gets high marks for breakfast in particular (expect a weekend breakfast crowd). <a title=\"Hubb's Pizza and Pasta, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/hubbspizzaandpasta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hubb&#8217;s Pizza and Pasta<\/a>, at an intersection as you come into town, was the mustering point for the Centennial Trail ribbon-cutting June 2014.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local beer:<\/strong> A stop at <a title=\"Skookum Brewery, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skookumbrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skookum Brewery<\/a> before you head back to Lake Stevens takes you just a few blocks out of your way. Not a brewery, but a place to rub elbows with locals and shoot pool: <a title=\"Whitehorse Saloon, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/whitehorse-tavern-arlington\" target=\"_blank\">Whitehorse Saloon<\/a> next to the Blue Bird in downtown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Bike to beer: @skookumbrewery in @ArlingtonWA. #biketravel #WAbeer&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Park, farmers&#8217; market (and public restroom) on Centennial Trail:\u00a0<\/strong>The <a title=\"Legion Memorial Park, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arlingtonwa.gov\/index.aspx?page=209\" target=\"_blank\">Legion Memorial Park<\/a>\u00a0on the Centennial Trail in downtown provides a place to stop and hang out for a while with a pleasant gazebo and that essential trailside service: a public restroom. Saturdays July 1-September 1 it&#8217;s also home to the <a title=\"Arlington Farmers' Market, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/arlingtonfarmersmarket.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington Farmers&#8217; Market,<\/a> 10am-3pm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disc golf:<\/strong> If you&#8217;d like to get a different type of circular device flying besides your wheels, the <a title=\"Arlington Rotary Disc Golf Course, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arlingtonwa.gov\/index.aspx?page=217\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington Rotary Disc Golf Course<\/a> awaits within a mile of downtown at <a title=\"Twin Rivers Park, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arlingtonwa.gov\/index.aspx?page=213\" target=\"_blank\">Twin Rivers Park<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Arlington Velo Sport, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arlingtonvelosport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Arlington Velo:<\/strong> Local bike shop<\/a> in case you need any supplies or just want to check out the merchandise and talk bikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Local bike shop @ArlingtonWA: @velo_sport. #bikesnoco&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kangaroos!<\/strong> We didn&#8217;t know this or definitely would have petting joeys part of the trip. <a title=\"Outback Kangaroo Farm, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outbackkangaroofarm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Outback Kangaroo Farm<\/a>\u00a0sits on Hwy 530 (Arlington-Darrington Road) so you&#8217;ll have to leave the trail, but it&#8217;s just a little over 2 miles from downtown.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>This is the stretch of highway that was closed due to the devastating Oso mudslide in March 2014. It has reopened thanks to <a title=\"WSDOT Highway 530 reconstruction project after Oso mudslide on Arlington-Darrington Road\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdot.wa.gov\/Projects\/SR530\/Landslide\/\" target=\"_blank\">WSDOT&#8217;s stellar efforts; check the construction project page<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"WSDOT images of Hwy 530 reconstruction project after Oso mudslide. Nice shoulders for bicycle travel.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wsdot\/sets\/72157644828217230\/\" target=\"_blank\">images of Hwy 530 reconstruction<\/a>. Smooth riding now and a nice shoulder, and someday the <a title=\"The Whitehorse Trail: Partners, Progress, and Potential\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/09\/20\/whitehorse-trail-partners-progress-potential\/\">Whitehorse Trail<\/a> will completely link Arlington through Oso to Darrington.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Kangaroos in @ArlingtonWA?! Yep. #biketravel&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local farms:<\/strong> The <a title=\"Red Rooster Route: Farms in Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redroosterroute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Rooster Route<\/a> takes you to <a title=\"Red Rooster Route: Family farms in Arlington, WA area including organic growers, corn maze, berries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redroosterroute.com\/index.php\/about-our-farms.html\" target=\"_blank\">family farms<\/a> (including organic growers) and kid-friendly activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Bike travelers love locally grown food. @RedRoosterRoute @arlingtonWA farms. #biketravel&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Local history:<\/strong> <a title=\"Stillaguamish Valley  Pioneer Museum, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stillymuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum<\/a>. Check their site to make sure it will be open when you&#8217;ll be there. Currently they&#8217;re open March-October, Wednesday-Saturday-Sunday, 1-4pm, closed certain holidays.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fly-In and Festivals:<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Arlington Fly-In, Arlington, WA: hird largest Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-In in the country, featuring hundreds of aircraft from Ultralight to Antique, daily aerobatics shows.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arlingtonflyin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Experimental aerobatics<\/a> are on display the second full weekend in July and area farms offer various festivals as their crops come into season. Make your reservations now if you want to catch the fly-in July 9-11, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Putting July @ArlingtonFlyIn on my #biketravel calendar. #bikesnoco @ArlingtonWA&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fishing:<\/strong> Arlington sits where the North Fork and South Fork of the Stillaguamush River come together. Mountain rivers offer\u00a0cutthroat, Dolly Varden, salmon, and summer\/winter runs of steelhead for spin or fly-fishing. (Don&#8217;t forget your fishing license, available at Arlington Hardware in downtown.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep riding!<\/strong> Head north of <a title=\"Snohomish Bikes: Nakashima Farm Ride \u2013 Pedaling Through History on the Centennial Trail\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/06\/11\/nakashima-farm-ride-centennial-trail\/\">Arlington to the Nakashima Farm<\/a> before turning around to come back.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"About Arlington--Snohomish County Tourism\" href=\"http:\/\/www.snohomish.org\/about\/arlington\" target=\"_blank\">Snohomish County Tourism information on Arlington<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Planning to bike @LakeStevensWA to @ArlingtonWA. Centennial Trail! #biketravel&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-11174-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/wabikes.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/Bird-mural-Centennial-Trail-Wall-Arlington-WA_forweb.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11255&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bird-mural-Centennial-Trail-Wall-Arlington-WA_forweb&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;One of the art pieces you\\u0026#8217;ll see set into the wall along the Snohomish Centennial Trail in Arlington, WA.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/wabikes.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/Mirkwood-Restaurant-Sign-Arlington-WA_forweb.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11251&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Mirkwood-Restaurant-Sign-Arlington-WA_forweb&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Sign for Mirkwood and Shire Cafe, Arlington, WA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Mirkwood sits just a block or two off the Snohomish Centennial Trail. 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Don&#8217;t do this. (We caught him and I said something politely so he was aware it startled me.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dinner that night back in Lake Stevens:<\/strong> <a title=\"Sahara Pizza, Arlington, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saharapizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sahara Pizza<\/a>. I hadn\u2019t realized from their website that they were takeout\/delivery only, so we hung around a while waiting and my husband window shopped the fishing store next door. My Northwest Territory was an interesting and delicious combo I&#8217;d get again: apples, walnuts, gorgonzola, pesto, mushrooms, cinnamon, onions. (Sounded weird but I like all the ingredients so I took a chance on it &#8212; glad I did.)<\/p>\n<p>We also considered riding around Lake Stevens to the other side, where we would have had additional restaurant choices. Another incredibly quiet night&#8217;s sleep on a comfortable bed at the <a title=\"Mansion Inn Bed and Breakfast, Lake Stevens, WA -- bike-friendly lodgings in Snohomish County\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mansioninnlakestevens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mansion Inn Bed &amp; Breakfast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Planning bike trip to @LakeStevensWA. #bikesnoco #biketravel&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Map: Lake Stevens to Arlington Bike Route<\/h3>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m29!1m12!1m3!1d170512.8878033564!2d-122.24509876516632!3d48.10514527476816!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m14!1i0!3e1!4m5!1s0x549aac8d11a22fd3%3A0xd5ad5f2d3a7eac42!2sMansion+Inn+Lake+Stevens%2C+Mitchell+Drive%2C+Lake+Stevens%2C+WA!3m2!1d48.011328999999996!2d-122.076498!4m5!1s0x54854f83747c98e1%3A0x5e9436f7d50934e7!2sMirkwood+%26+Shire+Cafe%2C+East+Division+Street%2C+Arlington%2C+WA!3m2!1d48.198882999999995!2d-122.12603899999999!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1420177305117\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a title=\"Snohomish County Bikes\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/destinations\/bike-snohomish-county\/\">Snohomish County Bikes<\/a>: Bed, Breakfast, &amp; Biking Getaway to Lake Stevens<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bed, Breakfast &amp; Biking: Getaway to Lake Stevens and More, Day One\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/01\/05\/bed-breakfast-biking-getaway-to-lake-stevens-and-more-day-one\/\"><strong>Day One: North Seattle to Lake Stevens<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Getaway to Lake Stevens and Beyond, Day Two: Marysville\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/01\/06\/getaway-lake-stevens-beyond-day-two-marysville\/\"><strong>Day Two: Lake Stevens to Marysville and Back<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Day Three: Lake Stevens to Arlington and Back<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Day Four: Lake Stevens to North Seattle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have your own bike travel experience to share?\u00a0<a title=\"Write Your Ride\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/06\/19\/write-ride\/\">Write your ride<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; we&#8217;d love to publish it!<\/p>\n<p>Want to make sure you get other bike travel stories from us?\u00a0<a title=\"Sign up for E-News!\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/sign-e-news\/\">Sign up for our e-news.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snohomish County Bikes:\u00a0an ongoing series highlighting\u00a0great Snohomish County bike rides. 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