{"id":46,"date":"2020-04-30T23:01:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T23:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2020-05-26T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:43:39","slug":"to-middle-fork-washout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"To Middle Fork Washout"},"content":{"rendered":"\nEasy ride up the rehabilitated Middle Fork Road :<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/3377321788\/embed\/eed7a93d667f2f21d51e7e228a1cdc6afaaa5b50\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Middle Fork Road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located only thirty miles from Seattle the Middle Fork Road provides convenient access to quality hiking and fishing, but in the past this convenience has come at a price: weirdness.&nbsp; The last thing I want in the wilderness is weird, funky uncomfortable situations.&nbsp; Don\u2019t get me wrong, I thrive on weird (much to the chagrin of my children), but dangerous, volatile, unpredictable weird \u2013 no thanks.&nbsp; During the nineties and early two thousands the Middle Fork seemed to be the domain of the dangerously weird, and every time I visited the area I\u2019d pass by numerous uninviting blue tarp camps and would hear the repeated cracks of not-so-distant gunfire.&nbsp; Thankfully twenty years of hard work and a lot of money has paid off and the Middle Fork Road has now been transformed into a safe, idyllic outdoor playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" width=\"413\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691-360x270.jpeg 360w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0691.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>Trailhead near the washout<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I parked in the town on Snoqualmie and pedaled the backroads to North Bend.&nbsp; I would have preferred to ride the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, but it was closed due to the pandemic situation.&nbsp; From North Bend I paralleled I90 towards the truck stop that marks the beginning of the Middle Fork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0686-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0686-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0686-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0686-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0686-203x270.jpeg 203w, http:\/\/adventurescript.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_0686.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption>Cross the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoever paved the Middle Fork Road really knew how to lay asphalt; I\u2019ve rarely rolled over a surface this smooth.&nbsp; Combine the silky-smooth road with the lush mountain scenery, rolling rivers, fog enshrouded craggy peaks and a total absence of vehicle traffic and you have the recipe for a postcard bike ride.&nbsp; I soon found out why there were no vehicles on the road: a construction worker who was manning a barricade told me that the road was washed out seven miles ahead.&nbsp; He said that I was welcome to ride, but to be careful of the fast-moving dump trucks.&nbsp; As it turned out I was only passed by one truck on the fourteen mile out and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather was a bit misty but it felt appropriate.&nbsp; The temperature was in the mid to upper fifties and I was rolling along at a good pace and I was fine with the light rain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The road is now repaired and I look forward to exploring the portion past the seven mile washout.&nbsp; This road also seems like a wonderful easy family ride \u2013 so long as you do it on a weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy ride up the rehabilitated Middle Fork Road : Middle Fork Road Located only thirty miles from Seattle the Middle Fork Road provides convenient access to quality hiking and fishing, but in the past this convenience has come at a price: weirdness.&nbsp; 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