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The Burke-Gilman trail is closed at gas works Park 1 block between Burke Ave and Meridian Ave to fix the trail (yay no more bumps). I didn’t see any dates for closure.

@seattlebikeblog.com #seabikes
Some orange and white closure and detour signs block a trail. The old blacktop has been dig up leaving a several inch hole. There’s some sort of protective material placed down. There’s caution tape surround the hole where the trail has been dug out.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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I should really do a real bike ride today, or at least run some errands, but the wind has me questioning that as every ride will involve a headwind for multiple miles.
a screenshot of a weather forecast highlighting wind speeds between 1pm and 10pm. The speeds range from 18mph to 20mph.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Look what i got for Thanksgiving — it’s a syphilis ornament.
A stuffed toy ornament of a little pink worm looking thing with two black eyes coming out of a Christmas stocking. The worm thing is a cartoon version of the syphilis bacteria.
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Yesterday i did my first car ride, which happened to be this guys 14th birthday. So we biked from the animal shelter to all the places he’s lived.

Good times.
A black and white cat sitting in a covered basket on the front of a bicycle. The cat’s also wearing a little sweater and has one paw against the mesh side wall. A curious, black-and-white cat on a leash walks up a slanted retaining wall with shrubs on the side. A woman in a black and white polka-dot sweater and a bicycle helmet holds the leash.
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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There is an art to the AI generated images that superficially look real but get weirder the longer you look. I'm not talking about extra fingers weird.

The genius in is that if you ask an adult to make the picture weird, most wouldn't do these things ( a kid might though).
A weird AI generated image from an amazon product of four people eating some berry pie. On the right is an older gentlemen with a white beard and a tan sweater with his fork stuck into the side of a tiny slice of pie sitting on a plate. Left of him is a guy wearing a a blue denim shirt with a bite of pie on a fork, but no plate and a mug full of coffee looking drink. None of the pie slices on the table are missing any pie so it's unclear where his pie even came from. Then there's a woman in a reddish shirt with a piece of pie on a plate and no fork. And on the far left is a little girl holding a fork in the weirdest possible way stuck diagonally into a tiny piece of pie as if she's pushing the bite of pie away from her. She also may be missing her left arm after the elbow because there's bends in the shirt but no forearm visible anywhere. It's unclear if all of the people have their eyes closed or are staring down at the little girl who clearly doesn't know how to eat pie. They are all smiling pretty big though. In the center is the pie, but there's only one slice missing from the pie but the entire crust is intact. The slice missing appears to be less than all of the pieces on the table, but is larger than any single slice. Also all of the cut pieces all have crust, so it's unclear where the fuck the pie came from. Also on the table is a random salad and a bowl of some unknown food thing to the left of the older gentleman on the right side of the pic.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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"Linda isn't a big fan of hills."
A woman cycles up a hill on a pink bike. There's a short cement wall/barrier at the edge of the road that acts as a guardrail that is fairly ornate similar to bridges. In the distance are two hills covered in dense greenery that looks partly tropical. There's a subtitle on the screen that says "Linda isn't [music] a big fan of hills.", with the music portion being a mistake by the automatic subtitling used by youtube.
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Went to watch the cx races today. It was my first time seeing something like this but it fun.

The supportive nature of the spectators to the newbies and the kids was great to see, as well as the light taunts to the veteran racers.
A view of a muddy race track with leaves in the sides and sons tents in the back. Several cyclists are walking or rubbing toward the camera including two in costume with a tandem bike. One with a Santa costume and one with a reindeer costume. Two cyclists in a muddy track going around a corner. The one to the right is in a pikachu costume and the one behind him is in a normal lycra kit. There’s trees, tents, and spectators in the distance. A cyclist takes a corner wearing a cow costume. Several cyclists are in mud turning a corner. The one in the back is a man in just underwear and he’s very close to the person in a red jersey just in front of him. Several spectators on the right of the photograph at the edge of the track are offering drinks to the cyclists. There are also tents along the right edge of the track.
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I saw a placard for “winter banana” apples at the store a week ago but no apples. Today they had a few and they do in fact have a very slight banana flavor. In a few bites it almost tasted like a hint of melon.
Two apples sit on a white cutting board. The apples are somewhat oddly shaped with some sides looking like they’re bulging out a bit more, sort of like heirloom tomatoes. The apples are yellow greenish with one having a slight reddish blush in two sides.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Saw this research and test car in my ride today. Curious when that was last used and where it’s heading.
A silver rail car that looks like a passenger rail car in that it has a number of windows along the side and a side door in the back. At the top of the car it says Burlington northern Santa fe. At the bottom in the center is the bnsf logo with a line graph coming out of it and looks like a pulse monitor line that flattens after a few bumps. On top of the line it says kootenai river and belies the line it says research and test car.
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Some skeleton bikes at bike disco.
A bike is propped against a concrete bench. There are pieces of a skeleton attached to the bike such that the head is between the handlebars and stretched to the legs at the tail. There are lights in the eyes of the head. The torso and head of a small skeleton are attached to the rear rack on a bike ands lit with some fairy lights.
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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I checked out the new bike trail. It’s nice but after having ridden the closed lane for ages, the crossings are annoying.
A bike trail extends into the distance. There’s grass in both sides as well as some new trees. In the distance are some cranes for unloading containers in the port. A bike trail extends towards downtown Seattle. There’s a chain link fence on the right and a concrete barrier on the left. Cranes in the distance on the left.
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The terminal 91 trail in Interbay is open and ready for the commute tomorrow. It feels so much more spacious. I will not miss the pinch point at the bottom of the bridge ramp.
A newly paved trail at night that is flat and spacious. There are fences in both sides of the trail as this runs between some industrial buildings and a rail yard. A newly paved trail at night that is flat and spacious. There are fences in both sides of the trail as this runs between some industrial buildings and a rail yard.
October 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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I’m so happy about the new Georgetown bike lanes so i can now safely get to my favorite cake place.

I rode to the opening party, grabbed cake, rode to Georgetown, then down to Renton and back. Didn’t expect to do 57 miles but it was great weather for it.
A couple of people with their backs facing the camera listening to a speaker standing in the opening of a white building at the opening celebration in Georgetown’s mini mart park. A view of the mini mart city park from across the street in the bike trail. The road to the left is the park is closed and there’s some tents and a band over there playing. A slice of cake in a box from deep sea sugar and salt. The cake has four layers of cake with cooked apple filling and their cream cheese frosting between each layer. There’s a salted caramel that has been poured on the top of it that has started to run off in the box. It was delicious. A green field with patches of dead grass and a small building in the distance. There are tall trees on the edges of the field. There’s a few picnic tables and garbage cans dotted throughout.
September 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Posting from everyone's premiere Taliban accommodation.
the inside of a small building with an older, bearded man smiling very large at the camera. There are 3 or so pride flags on the wall behind him used for decoration. In the corner of the room is another gentlemen half laying and half sitting at the edge of the pride flags when the wall decoration changes to nike logo and a partial flower or something.
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Oh floating point numbers
A screenshot of text saying "Total Items: 2 | Total Amount: $8.37999999999999" which is an artifact of how computers commonly handle numbers with decimal points which creates minor rounding errors.
September 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Did a nice ride out to a beach today! It was great weather and some of the new trails are nice. Others still need to be patched.
A trail surrounded by trees and greenery. There’s an orange sign on the right-hand side I’d the trail that says “caution. Bumps ahead” A paved trail curves into the distance. In both sides there’s a lot of trees and other greenery. A view of the ocean and an island in the distance. On the shore in the foreground are some large rocks and some large logs.
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Biked across the soon-to-be-demolished pedestrian bridge four times today. I enjoyed having some height to look around, but i won’t miss the awful choke point.

Looks like the vehicles are ready to go.
Picture of a paved trail through an industrial area. There’s a high fence on both sides with barbed wire. There’s a pedestrian bridge in the distance and nearby a caution sign asking cyclists to dismount A view from the pedestrian bridge looking east towards the rail yard and Queen Anne. There’s several brown box cars on the tracks. A view from the pedestrian bridge looking down the ramp towards to the narrow choke point where the trail is only about 3 feet wide for a few feet. A picture from the pedestrian bridge looking north. The ramp is to the right that heads north. There’s two construction vehicles down below.
August 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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It gets worse. It dumps you onto this tiny island where you have to either cross to the sidewalk or ride in a merging lane. The sidewalk is also awful. There's a autobody shop that often blocks the sidewalk. Streetview shows a good day.
A sidewalk ends in a tiny island between two lanes, including a slip lane from the bridge. A sidewalk with a telephone pole in the middle leaving, and a hole around it. There's about 1.5 ft clearance on the side of the telephone pole on the sidewalk. Some cars parked partially on the sidewalk from an autobody shop, which narrows the usable sidewalk.
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Tried to stay cool by biking to the ferry then hanging with a friend in Port Townsend. Cute ferry town. Way more bikes than i expected.
A picture of a little park in the edge of the puget sound. In the far distance are some gentle hills in the other side of the sound. There’s a few tables Ann’s sons peeled ands a pier on the far left and right of the image. A picture of a car lined street with sins bike lanes. It also has a number of trees providing shade. A whale skeleton model seen from the front. It’s covered by a roof and has some railing around it with yellow caution tape around the railing.
August 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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I biked around the southern part of the lake today. I left late but still ran into some obliteride folks.

Trails are definitely lacking in that southeastern area except a small section of eastrail, but it was good ride! Hit bicycle weekend on the way back, which was nice.
A picture of a pier intro lake Washington that forms an L-shape. In the left is a patch of grass with a lone tree. The entire boardwalk-like area and pier have a nice metal railing all around. There’s some stairs leading into the water to the right of the pier entrance. In the distance are trees and a few houses on the other side of the lake, and a nice cloud-marbled blue sky. Another picture of lake washington taken from the edge of a road and it. The lake is to the right in the photo with the left side being shaded by trees.
August 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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I forgot it was sea fair today and biked across the i90 bridge. It ended up not being too bad, so i headed to issaquah before heading north to woodinville and then shoreline and lynnwood. Perfect weather.
A smaller pedestal/column made of concrete about 2.5 ft tall with a small plaque that says mountains to sound greenway. There’s an image in the middle showing an evergreen tree, some mountains, and a river. Some red/pink graffiti on a grey wall that says “immigrants make America great”. To the left is a traffic barrier with red and white diagonal stripes and a small green sign that says trail with an arrow pointing to the right.
August 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Biked to see a friend today and decided to check out songs other things like the start of the Sound to Olympics trail.

In the way home i had a new first- a cyclist fist bumped me after we reached a red light. I’d been behind him for a while and he was going a decent speed.
A bicycle trail that heads over a bridge. Therea bunch of large trees in the left side and some smaller in the right. There’s a yellow warning sign to the right that shows an image of a bike and some wavy lines to warn of potentially being slippery. The trail the ones of the first sections of the the sound-to-olympics trail. A giant rusted metal tube with a massive door that was used to pressure treat lumber. It’s about 6-7 feet tall with a small track inside that was used to cart in the woods. There’s some signs describing this inside The tube and the inside of the door. A sign at the museum describing the origin of pickleball in baibbridge island. The text says: Joel peitchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum invented pickleball in the island in the summer of 1965. When their children complained of boredom, Pritchard proposed they invent a new game using materials readily available, including a badminton court, ping pong paddles, and a whiffle ball. A picture of some waves in the ocean with the sun in the distance. It’s not quite sunset, but the sun is approaching the horizon and starting to turn the yellow orange color of sunsets. There’s a smattering of clouds in the sky, with the sun slightly behind a thinner cloud.
August 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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You can take 25th/26th through montlake and if you go to the arboretum E Interlaken Blvd is decent and across 24th it becomes (briefly) car-free and connects to your existing route.
Map of University of Washington and Montlake in Seattle with a bike route adjustment plotted. This adjustment bikes over the montlake lid and through a section of the arboretum, before heading to Interlaken Park to go on the car-free section before merging into the car section to climb the backside of Cap Hill.
July 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Did they add a restroom here or is someone trolling on RWGPS?

This is area where they added "No public urniation" signs and told people to bike 1.5 miles to Medina City Hall a few years back.
Map of the lid over 520 in Medina where the freeway station is where the 520 trail passes through. Someone added a restroom icon to the map, which is highlighted in this shot.
July 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Haven’t biked far north much this year so decided to head to Everett, which was delightful. I wish there was a decent way to go further.

Grabbed a sandwich. Visited a beach. Then met a friend in Lynwood for ice cream from the Thai place.
A picture of the north harbor of Everett. There’s some land in the distance a large building in the center, though below the hill I’m on. And some bushes in the foreground. The sky has a few wispy clouds. A picture of a blue sign with white writing that says rude to fun. It has an image of a bus with an arrow pointing to mountains and water, presumable meaning destinations like hiking or parks on the water. A pic from the tiny beach. There’s a few plants and some logs on the beach. There’s land in the far distance and some telephone/utility looking poles standing in the water about 200-300 ft from the beach, but no cables on them. Me holding a half-eaten, very fresh yo-yo from the panaderia i like going to. It’s two yellow cake-like cookies glued together with red jelly and then coated with red jelly and then rolled in coconut flakes. These are the best I’ve found in Seattle.
July 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM