and it was Good

My to-do list was long but the shift from rainy weekday to crisp, clear Fall weekend had me thinking of the road so when Jon emailed about a Sunday ride, I knew I had some unfinished business to do. I finally unpacked and reassembled my bike and was rewarded with a spectacular day along some of my favorite Seattle ride routes - around Mercer Island, then west through Bellevue by way of our no longer very secret Devil's Elbow, south past picketing machinists in front of the Renton Boeing plant, through the Renton airport on Lake Washington's south end, turning north to Seward Park and along the lakefront, climbing up Baker Hill to catch the I-90 bridge bike trail and finish the loop. 40 miles...all good.