Bike Picnic at the Sammamish River Park

I have biked through the Sammamish River Trail many times. It’s amazing how such oasis exists in this busy city and being so close and accessible by bicycles.

It’s a perfect spot for a picnic. I’ve always wanted to do it, but logistic is a big problem because my race bike has very little cargo space.

Then the opportunity came. I got into touring this year and started putting racks on my commute bike. Staring at these racks reminded me of this picnic spot I’ve always wanted to hit! Besides, before I take any long touring trip, it would be a good idea to test these equipments with a loaded picnic trip.

So here is my trip! and I’ll resort to photos for the rest of this post…

It's quite impressive how everything was held together.

The "touring" conversion was well worth it!

This mini grill fits right onto the rear pannier rack and does a good job grilling our food.

Nope, I did not catch anything...$9 license fee went straight down the drain...