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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jun20Thu6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJun 20 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue readingJun21Fri7:30 am Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Jun 21 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 amInterested in using a bike to get downtown but unsure of what routes are safe and reluctant to explore on your own? There is strength in numbers! Beginning May 3, we are offering three rides on Fridays:Columbia City to Downtown via … Continue readingJun22Sat7:00 am 13th Annual Gorge Ride13th Annual Gorge RideJun 22 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
The 13th Annual Gorge Ride features world-class scenery from the Historic Columbia River Highway (HCRH) and HCRH State Trail. This fully supported non-competitive bike ride begins at the Columbia River Gorge Discovery Center and Museum, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles, … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: iron horse trail
Tonight: Willie and Kat kick off tour to support the John Wayne Trail
If you have never heard Willie Weir and Kat Marriner spin a yarn, get yourself to Cascade Bicycling Center in Magnuson Park 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) for an evening that promises laughs and heartwarming positivity. Seriously, these are special people, … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade bicycle club, events, iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, kat marriner, willie weir
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Support a developed and accessible John Wayne Trail at Tuesday meeting in Preston
The John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) is a magnificent statewide asset stretching from Rattlesnake Lake to Tekoa and the Idaho border. Or at least it should be. Important sections of the trail are impeded by closed … Continue reading
No longer on the chopping block, State looks to invest in the John Wayne Trail
The movement to save and improve the state-spanning John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) has turned out so strongly across Washington that rather than trying to give trail land away, Senate leaders are hoping to invest $100,000 … Continue reading
With John Wayne Trail seemingly protected for now, group from Tekoa outlines steps to make it great
The John Wayne Trail appears safe from legislative giveaway, at least for now. The Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association (“TTTA”) from the far east end of the statewide John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) sent an email … Continue reading
Road trip to save our state’s longest trail: Three meetings this month
The John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) was one typo away from destruction this year. Not only do we need to protect it from another effort to give away the central half of the defunct rail right-of-way, … Continue reading
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Tagged iron horse trail, joe schmick, john wayne pioneer trail, mary dye, tekoa, tekoa trail and trestle association
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Typo in law halts secret plan to give away half of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail
Washington State came one typo away from throwing away hope of ever completing the cross-state John Wayne Pioneer Trail and park (also known in Western Washington as Iron Horse State Park). If improved and connected, it would be the longest … Continue reading
Bus-bike-backpacking on the Iron Horse Trail is simply unreal
It’s early on a Friday morning, and we’re waiting at 4th and Lenora, an unassuming corner in downtown Seattle where so many great bus-bike adventures begin. This is the first stop for Sound Transit’s 554 express bus to Issaquah. Within … Continue reading
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Path Less Pedaled: Iron Horse Trail is ‘great resource’ that deserves more attention
Russ and Laura, the renown bicycle tourism promoters behind The Path Less Pedaled, recently joined Jason from Swift Industries for a “bikefishing” trip down the Iron Horse Trail, officially known as the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. We wrote recently about … Continue reading