Skyway!

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 1 'hack'/ solution for my over-ambitious bike challenge that I just figured out is to begin my next big bike trip from where I finished on a previous day instead of biking from my home each time...so today I began by biking to Northgate -- my favorite route crossing Aurora via local cemetery, where today I surprised a lost coyote!:


then over the freeway bridge (which I had 'christened' months ago, being the first ever to bike over it long before it officially opened!) & jump on light rail to downtown, then only had to wait about 14 seconds for the subdued but bouncy 101 to Renton where I caught up with Anna quickly again:


& then up the too-steep hill to old stomping grounds, Skyway!


& who is inside today but Ursula & Fred!:


though tragically I failed to check on the status of my own "novel" and if it still occupies a secret part of the shelves here (!), though I DID get to re-connect with Skyway's main coffee guru, unofficial mayor and all-around great guy Nevzat!:








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