{"id":14297,"date":"2015-08-27T06:57:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=14297"},"modified":"2015-09-10T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T01:28:07","slug":"win-vashon-island-cycling-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/08\/27\/win-vashon-island-cycling-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a Vashon Island Cycling Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vashon Island, a bucolic escape from the pressures of urban life in central Puget Sound, is a quick ferry ride from Seattle and Tacoma. It is known for its quiet beaches, quaint villages, small farms, and miles of low-traffic hilly roads for bicycling. It is also the home of Passport to Pain (P2P) bike ride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Passport-to-Pain-Vashon-Island.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14298\" alt=\"Passport to Pain - Vashon Island\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Passport-to-Pain-Vashon-Island.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Passport-to-Pain-Vashon-Island.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Passport-to-Pain-Vashon-Island-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><strong>You have an opportunity to win an epic cycling weekend on Vashon Island.<\/strong> Washington Bikes is raffling off a Vashon Island Cycling Weekend for Two that includes two entries to Passport to Pain on September 12, a two-night stay at the Giraffe Guest Suite, and a gift card to Vashon Coffee Roasterie and Minglement. This package is worth over $400.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Passport to Pain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.passport2pain.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">P2P<\/a> is the toughest bike ride in the Puget Sound. This Vashon Island ride on September 12 is filled with epic ups and downs! Riders have three Pain courses to choose from: The Idiot \u2013 80 miles and 10,000 vertical feet of climbing, The Weasel \u2013 50 miles and 6500 feet, and The Weenie \u2013 30 miles and 3400 vertical feet.<\/p>\n<p>Our weekend package makes it worth your effort to ride P2P and enjoy some island hospitality! You and your guest will spend two nights at <a title=\"Giraffe Guest Suite\" href=\"http:\/\/giraffehome.com\/pages\/giraffe-guest-suite-bandb-vashonisland-organic-soaringheart-nontoxic-bnb-bed-bean-fairtrade-walkable\" target=\"_blank\">the Giraffe Guest Suite<\/a>. Situated on the top floor of Giraffe in the heart of Vashon, the 4-room suite includes a bedroom with King bed, a sitting room, efficient kitchen, and a bathroom. Your package also includes a gift card good at <a title=\"Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tvicr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie<\/a> and <a title=\"Minglement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.minglement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minglement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not into pain? If your guest (or you!) isn&#8217;t into pedaling The Idiot, then <a title=\"Passport to Pleasure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.passport2pain.org\/the-ride\/pleasure-courses\" target=\"_blank\">Passport to Pleasure<\/a> is the course to take! Weekend pleasure options include the Vashon Sheep Dog Classic, the Saturday Farmers Market, a visit to Point Robinson Lighthouse, kayaking or paddle boarding the surrounding waters, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Raffle tickets are $5 each and can be purchased using the form below. (We use Paypal to process payments but you do not have to have a Paypal account.) Proceeds support Washington Bikes work to grow bicycling statewide. <strong>The raffle will close on September 8 and we will announce the winner on September 9.<\/strong> Passport to Pain is on September 12.<\/p>\n<h2>Enter me in the Vashon Island Cycling Weekend raffle!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vashon Island, a bucolic escape from the pressures of urban life in central Puget Sound, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[226,161],"class_list":["post-14297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wa-bikes-news","tag-bike-ride","tag-vashon-island"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Win a Vashon Island Cycling Weekend! 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