The facts turn bad

Day 8: An easy and pleasant ride from Birch Bay to Bellingham where the family is assembling for the Ski To Sea (day long relay race). Passed a few moments at the cemetery of Ferndale, WA which was bedecked with the Stars and Stripes in honor of Memorial Day and those to be remembered. If the marker in the picture is not legible, it is that of a man of 21 years when he died on June 4, 1944 - D Day.

I made Bellingham about mid day and partook of the usual Ski to Sea Eve dinner at the home of our niece, Kerrie, and her husband, Brett

Day 9: No travel today. While others skied, biked, paddled and ran, I elected to address a small, but bothersome problem with my bike. Unfortunately, while endeavoring to fix what was really only a potential problem I managed to create a real problem which made the bike unrideable. The end result was that

Day 10 was spent driving to Seattle in search of a fix instead of biking on toward Washington pass and eastern Washington.
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