Labor Day Weekend Bike Trip, August 30th-September 1st 2008

Craig Funcke, Troop 626 ASM, led a three day bike trip on Labor Day weekend for Troop626. The Labor Day weekend bike trip has become an annual event for Troop 626, with different destinations each year and families joining for the camping. This year the ride started at Tyee School where the scouts rode the bike trail to Seattle , went through the International District, took the water taxi to West Seattle, took a ferry to Vashon Island and rode to a hostel ranch where we camped and had fun. We met people from five different countries and Spokane . The next day the scouts rode from the north end of Vashon Island to the south-end and caught a ferry to Tacoma where we rode the 5 mile loop of Discovery Park . We then caught the Ferry back to Vashon and rode the east shore of Vashon back to our hostel campsite. More great fun at the hostel. The following day we packed up the gear into the gear wagon then hopped on our bikes, pedaled our way back to Tyee school. Overall we covered 86 miles in 3 days of riding and had a great adventure.

Craig Funcke ASM and Tour Leader
Chuck Guy ASM
Todd Thackray pedaled with us for the first day
Jacob 2nd Class Scout and now has Cycling merit badge.
Ricky Star Rank Scout and now has a Cycling merit badge.
Conor Life Rank Scout spent one night to hang out with the scouts. He now has his cycling merit badge.
Laura Adams drove the gear wagon and gave her full support including some meal preparation and other very valuable support.
Bree hung out and had fun.
Speeder, precocious wiener dog, hung around and had fun.

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