[ETC-Discussion] Bike To Work Day

[DeAnne Dey & Bret Sutton]

Several hundred water bottles, dozens of BTW t-shirts, Clif bars, and 
miscellaneous and sundry other items would not fit into the trailer that 
our boys used to squeeze into; so we _drove_ to the BTW station.  The 
Boeing Everett station had coffee, bottled water, bananas, oranges, 
apples, water bottles and reflectors? I wish _we_ had been so well 
equipped.  Being in Seattle at the east end of the I-90 tunnel through 
the Mount Baker ridge, ours was organized by the Cascade Bicycle Club.  
Who did the one in Everett? 

Although Starbuck's was one of the primary sponsors for Seattle BTW day, 
they did not provide coffee for the stations, to our chagrin and the 
disappointment of many riders.  So our refreshments were limited to the 
Clif bars.

We counted about 635 riders through our station - down, it seemed, from 
previous years.  Several riders attributed that to the economy and job 
attrition.  Seeing as how there was also a BTW station on the East 
Channel bridge, I have a feeling that a lot of bikers got counted twice.

I did ride to work later, on my single - even though it was a vacation 
day.  Gol durn it, I just miss that little cubicle...

Bret