La Conner WA

Descending along the Skagit River, rain foresty-green and mossy.

Down on the plain met my old friend Brian who came up from Seattle by train, and we biked toward the coast by way of brewpubs. His friends Rob and Lisa live in La Conner, home of novelist Tom Robbins (Even cowgirls get the blues). After pub stop they drove us to their house just outside the small Swinomish Indian reservation, across from Whidbey Island. Rob's a Brit and has a fascinating collection of bikes, all-chromed frame Hetchins hanging on wall.