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Evelyn and I went on a bike tour over Independence Day weekend.

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We left on Thursday evening after I got home from work, and managed to ride 40 miles past Lake Stevens before camping for the night. We camped at the Centennial Trailhead, which had a “no camping” sign, but also a nice spot to camp that was out of sight of the trail and the gravel turnaround where a small road crossed the trail. There was also a stinky porta-potty, so I didn’t get to use my trowel in the morning. We brought sandwiches for dinner, so we didn’t have to cook between setting up camp and going to sleep. That was a good thing, as there were ravenous mosquitoes in that forest.

You can click on the map for route and camping spot details. It totaled 235 miles by my (google maps) calculations.

Here’s a list we made of things to bring or consider bringing on our month-long tour in Sept.

• notepad and pen (for making lists)
• bigger knife (oak handled one)
• cutting board (small rollable plastic one?)
• another stove & pot for fancier cooking?
• picnic mat?
• insect repellent
• food-hangin’ bag
• more small drawstring bags to make searching for small camping tools faster
• fallopian dirigible firecracker