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\"Lake<\/a><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s another sunny day in Washington! We\u2019re meeting up our friend Ken at Marymoor Park in Redmond<\/a>; he\u2019s going to lead us on\u00a0a ride along Lake Sammamish<\/a> to Issaquah<\/a>\u00a0and back. We also have the pleasure of being able to ride with our Washington host, Soheil.<\/p>\n

Marymoor Park <\/a>is huge; 640 acres with multiple soccer and baseball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, cricket field, a climbing wall, a velodrome, a playground, a reflexology\u00a0path, off leash dog area, trails\u00a0and much, much more-it\u2019s an amazing place! There\u2019s an activity are for everyone!<\/p>\n

We head south on West Lake Sammamish Parkway\u00a0NE, the flat\u00a0terrain on\u00a0road runs along the west\u00a0side of the lake and the northeast\u00a0neighborhoods of Bellevue. The views of the lake are obstructed by tall evergreens and grand residential homes although I can occasionally catch a glimpse of it between the houses and trees.<\/p>\n

Seven miles out on this road, we see a detour sign for all the construction work ahead of us, so we follow the sign\u00a0pointing to SE 34th Street. It\u2019s\u00a0a steep hill with 7-13% grades! At the top of the climb, we find out from other cyclists that bicycles can pass through the construction zone with no problem. Extra kudos to everyone for increased\u00a0heart rates and unexpected elevation gains! We turn around and descend back to West Lake Sammamish Road.<\/p>\n

We cross under WA-90 on Lakemont Boulevard SE to Newport Way NW; this road runs parallel along the highway through several large apartment\/condominium\/townhouse communities\u00a0in Sammamish.\u00a0It goes east and becomes Maple Street NW to Gilman Boulevard, which takes us into the city of Issaquah through the busy downtown area. The shopping centers have the standard box stores,\u00a0chain\u00a0restaurants, businesses\u00a0and fast food places.<\/p>\n

\"sammamish\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ken leads us\u00a0onto the longest climb\u00a0of this route on\u00a0SE Issaquah-Fall City<\/a> Rd, it\u2019s\u00a0one mile with\u00a0an average grade of 6.2%. The\u00a0road runs along the ridge up towards the SE side of the Klahanie\u00a0suburban neighborhoods and continues on SE Duthie Hill Road to WA-202\/SE Redmond-Fall City Road.<\/p>\n

We head north on SE Redmonds-Fall\u00a0City Road through the outer\u00a0rural area of Sammamish\u00a0with many farms,\u00a0ranches and a nursery.\u00a0Of course, I\u2019ve noticed that every rural area anywhere must have a Retreat Center of some sort, hidden in the woods, where else can people go to kick their addictions or get their minds in order or to seek peace? A long stretch of this road roughly follows Patterson Creek up to NE Sammamish. A little factoid — Sammamish\u00a0was ranked 15th in CNN Money\u2019s 2011 best places to live in the U.S. and came in 1st place in Forbes 2012 list of Friendliest Towns in the U.S. — who knew!<\/p>\n

We stay on SE Redmonds\u00a0-City\u00a0Falls Road for 10 flat miles on great pavement and\u00a0wide shoulders. The turn onto E Lake Sammamish Parkway\u00a0NE takes us back to NE Marymoor Way and into the park.<\/p>\n

Soheil\u00a0leads us to the Marymoor Velodrome and we all take a few spins around the track. I got reprimanded by another cyclist on the track; \u201cSlower riders need to stay above the blue line!\u201d My bad for getting in the way of faster people — so sorry! It was actually kind of fun going round and round in circles. Best thing is that there\u00a0are no fees for using the velodrome — fantastic!<\/p>\n

\"veldome<\/a><\/p>\n

A big \u201cTHANKS\u201d to Ken for leading us on this ride and to Soheil for showing us the Velodrome. I would\u2019ve never ever been able to\u00a0try it\u00a0otherwise, for free at that!<\/p>\n

Our post-ride lunch was at Joi\u2019s Seafood Restaurant<\/a>\u00a0in Bellevue. This place was recommended to us by Joe Sing, our waterfront tour guide. The Dim-Sum, noodles and vegetables was delicious and very satisfying — thanks, Joe!<\/p>\n

We had a chance to walk off the lunch by attending the downtown\u00a0Bellevue 6th Street Fair<\/a>. There were lots of arts and crafts items, live music and food stalls. This fair had the most paintings and photographs vendors ever; mostly\u00a0with scenes of Mt Rainier and bald eagles.<\/p>\n

It was a fun-filled day of cycling, eating and just schlepping around with no time constraints! What\u2019s not to like about that?<\/p>\n

Garmin Stats:
\n32.50 Miles with 1621\u2032 of elevation gain
\nMax elevation: 507\u2032
\nMax grade: 11%
\nTerrain: flat, rolling hills with\u00a0one\u00a0long climb<\/p>\n

\"sammamish<\/a><\/p>\n

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Guest blogger Nancy Yu writes about her bike travels at Ride Chronicles<\/a>. We’re running a series of posts from a past trip to Washington. She says, \u201cI loved cycling around Washington. It\u2019s a beautiful state with a wonderful network of trails and bike-friendly people. I ride to explore and love sharing my findings! I hope the write-ups and pictures will inspire those who can to get out there and enjoy the natural beauty of all that is available to us.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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