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My first picture to be published in a magazine!!!

2012-03-13 Washington State Visitors Guide Pics-4

I’m pretty stoked about this! I was asked several months ago from the art director of the Washington State Visitor’s Guide if they could use one of my photos. After ensuring I would be credited and learning of the payment details, I said sure. Why not?

Its not the biggest photo in the magazine or even the page for that matter. The shot was taken on the Olympic Discovery Trail bike ride that my Friend Isaac and I did last year. 30 miles of riding followed by 10 miles of hiking on the Dungeness spit. It was a long day to be sure. The photo that was used is one of Isaac taking a picture of some seagulls an older gentleman was feeding. It was at one of the road turn offs that overlook the bluffs at the Dungeness Wildlife Refuge on the way out to the spit.

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Klickitat Rail Trail and Labyrinth Trail

On April 9th, Paul Dutky, Isaac Sun and myself drove down to the Gorge to do a short hike and a bike ride the next day. We met up with fellow PWC club member Kevin Koski at the Labyrinth Trailhead and hiked a short 4 or 5 mile loop before heading to camp. The next day (April 10th) we got up and Kevin was gracious enough to provide a shuttle service for us so we could ride our bikes back to the car. The rail trail was really fun and we were the only people in the Swale Canyon portion of the trip. The Klickitat Canyon Portion of the trail was scenic but I preferred the Swale Canyon area better because it was smoother and the downhill grade was slightly steeper requiring less pedaling. The Klickitat portion was very rough and took a lot of work to get through. All in all we had a great time and I highly recommend riding this trail some time. Mileage was a little over 28 miles on dirt mostly and about 1500 feet elevation loss.

Klickitat Trail Conservancy website
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Olympic Discovery Trail and Dungeness Spit

Isaac an I biked the Discovery Trail starting at Sequim Bay State Park all the way out to Kitchen-Dick rd and then followed that rd out to the Dungeness Spit. When we arrived at the Spit, we hiked out to the end and visited the lighthouse and had lunch. Afterwords we reversed our tracks and headed back to the car. This was a significant trip because it was the first time in about 15 years that I had ridden my bike any sort of distance. I can tell you I was one tired dude when it was all said and done. Total of about 30 miles on the bike and 10 miles of hiking for the day.

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