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Volunteers launch Wolf Pup Summer Bike Group

Posted in Bike sports, tagged , , , , on June 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Erica McColl

They ride at dawn!

Or probably a little later in the day, since it is summer and all.

But anyway, Coupeville Elementary School Principal Erica McColl and a pack of volunteers are trying to launch a Wolf Pup Summer Bike Group.

The weekly event, in which young riders will be accompanied by an adult, will take place on the paved and dirt/gravel roads in the Kettles Trails.

The end goal is a group ride at the Tour de Whidbey Aug. 16.

If interested, pop over to the form listed below and help set the group’s plans:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpKkISWCz12JeTWlerh30ZIGHPl-13EdJ1SC_TiUyJoqTkWQ/viewform

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Go take a hike!

Posted in hiking, tagged , , , , on October 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »

The trail calls to you. (Sarah Kirkconnell photo)

Cow Town is kickin’ your fanny, South Whidbey.

It’s Coupeville which is “the most progressive town for alternative transport trails on the island.”

That’s the assessment offered by noted hiker, best-selling author, and frequent rabble rouser Sarah Kirkconnell, also known as my sister.

While the former longtime Miriam’s Espresso barista calls the South end of Whidbey home these days, it’s the Walking Ebey’s Trail System which gets her stamp of approval.

Having navigated the newly improved system recently, with two of my three nephews along for the hike, she’s hit the interwebs this morning with her review.

To check it out, add to her page hits, and win me favor (and free food!) pop over to:

Local Adventures: Walking Ebey’s Trail System

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Riders, to your bikes!!

Posted in Bike sports, Community Sports, tagged , , , on February 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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Pertinent info, in a convenient reading format.

Now, everyone with any sense knows that mussels are the world’s most disgusting form of seafood.

But, there are some out there who feel obligated to celebrate the slug of the sea, and it’s certainly true that Coupeville’s annual bowing down to the devil of the ocean during the Penn Cove Mussel Fest (Mar. 7-9) will attract a ton of tourists.

So, while you’re here, trying to gag down the flotsam and jetsam of our waters, you might want to work off the taste by hauling out your bike and getting some exercise.

The Mussels in the Kettles mountain bike event is set for 9 AM Saturday, Mar. 8. For info, head back up to the photo above.

And seriously, as someone who did time working on the mussel rafts and is forever scarred by it — you can put all the butter and garlic in the world on the hideous things and you’re still just chewing on rubber.

Stinky, salty rubber.

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