#Bicycling Washington State – 3 Favorite Trails – a Mountain, An Ocean, and a River

I’ll start with the one closest to home, the Foothills Trail next to the Carbon River, through pastures and small towns, with views of Mt. Rainier. The 21-mile paved trail is built on top of an old railroad bed. We loved it.

The 8.2-mile Discovery Trail is on Washington’s Coast on the Long Beach Peninsula and runs next to the Pacific Ocean, from Long Beach to Ilwaco through Cape Disappointment State Park. Perhaps our favorite.

Last but not least is the Apple Capital Loop Trail. It runs 22 miles beside the Columbia River in Wenatchee, a great place to ride a bike, and worth a trip if you haven’t been there.

We loved riding our bikes for many, many years, in local parks, regional trails, even upgrading to e-bikes a few years ago.

But if you ride long enough, you’re bound to go over eventually (we both did at one time or another, no harm done.) And since we don’t bend quite as good as we used to, we figured it was time to hang it up.

We sold our bikes last summer, opting instead for long walks along these and many other wonderful trails in the neighborhood. It’s all good.

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~ Susanne