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| PSMC Burch Bay Fireworks Ride 17/04/09 ride to Burch Bay in the upper most nw corner of the Puget Sound area. Then have dinner and ride back on I 5 just a dusk and view the area fireworks. I joined the ride at the Edison lunch stop. I found a group of around 18 riders. After lunch we continued North via Chuckanut drive. Thru Bellingham and some nice scenic ocean side beach road around Portage and Lummi Bay. We arrived in Burch Bay and found large crowds on the beach. It was still early for dinner so we continued on to Blaine and spent a little time on the water front with a view of the Canada and the Peace Arch. We decided to have dinner in Blaine and found a great Mexican joint with a very friendly and fun waiter. If you are in Blaine looking for someplace to eat check out Paso del Norte. Blaine appears to be a good place to stop for some refreshment as there are 4 or 5 Bars, Grills, Thai joints all on one or two blocks along the water. After lunch most of the riders headed back via I 5. The last 3 of us headed back to Burch Bay for a short ride along the beach. We were there just in time for a great sunset. The fireworks were just getting started and the beach was covered with a layer of fireworks smoke. Roman Candles, Mortars, Bottle Rocks they were flying everywhere. We beat a path back to I 5 and headed south. Timing is critical on this as you want to get to the fireworks areas before they are all shot off. As we approached Bellingham the hills were covered in local fireworks and our timing look pretty good. That was until we came to a stop on the freeway. The state patrol had closed the freeway due to and accident and we were detoured thru Bellingham. So that thru us 20 minutes or so off our schedule. So I think we missed the best of the fireworks. But it was a fun ride and worth a repeat next year. We may want to narrow the fireworks freeway portion to a smaller area? |
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