Posted by Haakon Sorensen, This past week I have been doing the most epic commute I have ever attempted. Each day I travel from our home in Rainier Valley to Poulsbo. This is about 30 miles in total, though I don’t bicycle across the water. Rather, I bicycle to the ferry, then bus from the ferry to Poulsbo, then ride the remainder of the trip to work. At a little over two hours one way, I am spending over twenty hours this week wearing spandex. Perhaps you would like to try it? You needn’t cycle, you could just wear spandex half of your day at work. Go on!
It is an interesting commute. Going across the water is beautiful. I particularly enjoy watching the ferry unload, and seeing all the bicyclists and motorcyclists come off first. It is a veritable horde of cyclists rampaging out of the gates. Such fury! Such power! And then the motorcycles which are of course a bit of a letdown after the bikes.
Would I want to do it for any extended period of time? No, it is far too much of my day spent traveling. But it is an interesting diversion for a short while.
~haakon
