{"id":156,"date":"2018-07-01T02:06:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/?p=156"},"modified":"2018-07-01T02:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T06:34:45","slug":"day_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/01\/day_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: North Bend to Ellensburg Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-156 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/01\/day_2\/the-twins-falls-trail-has-low-headroom\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/The-Twins-Falls-Trail-has-low-headroom-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/The-Twins-Falls-Trail-has-low-headroom-300x225.jpg 300w, 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tracking.<\/p>\n<p>The short walk turned out to be a multi-mile wilderness experience where I carried my bike up the side of a mountain.\u00a0 It took an hour and half going up a trail that I couldn&#8217;t have done even on a mountain bike (biking was prohibited on the trail and it had a number of fallen trees covering the path plus stairs).<\/p>\n<p>When I made it to the top I was in for a surprise.\u00a0 They were running a marathon down the trail I was going up.\u00a0 Fast runners would even qualify for the Boston Marathon!\u00a0 The rail-trail went over a number of beautiful trestle bridges before getting to a 2 mile long tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>The tunnel felt like a nightmare.\u00a0 It was totally dark except for my headlight.\u00a0 I kept pedaling and since the scenery didn&#8217;t change it was like running in place.\u00a0 Plus, I passed two guys in the tunnel and they were huffing and puffing behind me.\u00a0 It all added up to a nightmare scenario.\u00a0 People chasing me in a dark tunnel that never seemed to end.<\/p>\n<p>After the tunnel the rail-trail alternated between amazing and awful.\u00a0 Parts had miles of fresh, thick gravel which was like biking through quicksand that was trying to flip me over. I almost wiped out at least a dozen times. \u00a0 Parts had great scenery and a hard packed surface where I could make good time, except for the constantly jarring\u00a0 from the uneven surface.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t have to worry about cars and trucks on a rail trail, but the bike and I took a pounding.<\/p>\n<p>The last part of the ride from Cle Elum to Ellensburg was amazing.\u00a0 I took state highway 10 most of the way.\u00a0 There was a strong tailwind the entire way.\u00a0 The road was in good shape and the drivers all gave me a wide berth.\u00a0 I hit 40 mph on one of the downhills coming out of the Cascades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day two&#8217;s goal was to get through the Cascade Mountain range.\u00a0 My plan was to use the John Wayne bike trail, which was once the train tracks that cut through the Cascades.\u00a0 This bike trail has a two mile long tunnel through the mountains, which I thought would be &#8220;easier&#8221; than pedaling over. 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