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Tour de Forts

Before school let out last week, I made a playlist on my Spotify account devoted to summer tunes. I would play it during my planning time, while grading papers, and finishing up my yearly duties.

 We started "summer" off with a fun bike ride excursion called the Tour de Forts in Pt. Townsend on my birthday. They have different lengths you can choose to ride, but we opted for the 16 mile ride. The ride took us along the Larry Scott Trail, which will eventually meet up with the Olympic Discovery Trail  and be a complete bike riding path/trail that will span 130 miles from Pt. Townsend to the West End: La Push.  It was incredible and awesome.

The prize at the end was some ice cream and hard cider. Finn River is an amazing cidery, named after one of my former students, and they have completely redone the tasting area and farm tour. It is entirely family friendly now. I can't wait to go back some time this summer and sit out on their patio while enjoying some live music and a few drinks.

Water Break 

Grazing horses along our ride

Taste Tester of all the Ice Cream 


Later when we visited Pt. Gamble 

Rock wall reminding me of Ireland. 

Tree climber. 

Tunnel Vision

Wanting to be with sis

Stopped for a break along the trail. 
 


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  1. AnonymousJune 25, 2017 at 9:42 PM

    Such a beautiful area. Looks as though everyone had a good time.

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