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Full circle | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

This is what happens when the iPod touch's accelerometer gets confused. The UI still worked -- at...

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Six days and 370 km later and I'm back where I started.

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Second-longest day | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Birch Bay: Site 2 | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

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Birch Bay doesn't have hiker-biker sites either, so again I got a regular tenting site at the...

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Rooster tail | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Lotsa bungies | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

This is what happens when you ride in the pouring rain and through a flooded road without a rear...

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Tuesday's ride was a bit wet, what with the heavy rain and flooded road. Everything got a bit dirty...

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Broken spokes | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Wave | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

I ended up breaking three spokes on the rear wheel. I became very adept at removing the tire...

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My trusty Leatherman Wave.

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Campsite cartography | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Journal | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Checking the next day's route at Bay View State Park .

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I took 24 pages of notes in my trusty Moleskine reporter's notebook.

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Bay View Campsite - Wide | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Bay View Campsite | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Bay View State Park doesn't have hiker/biker sites, so they let me use a regular vehicle/tent site...

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Raincatcher | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Home office | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

I clipped the pot to the tarp to keep the water from splashing onto the table. The pot was full in...

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Settled in for a rainy evening of eating, reading and journalling by the campfire at Bay View State...

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Tripod mount II | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Tripod mount | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Another view of the Gorillapod/Giottos ballhead combo.

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I used a Gorillapod SLR-Zoom coupled with Giottos mini ballhead to turn the bike into a makeshift...

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(untitled) | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Ready for my close-up | WA State Bike Trip (05/2008)

Parked at the far end of the main span of Deception Pass bridge.

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In addition to the 30D, I also carried a Flip Ultra video camera .

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