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Biking Puget Sound: 50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans
First edition of this Mountaineers guidebook to recreational road cycling in and around the Seattle area. Replaced in 2014 by the 2nd edition, Biking Puget Sound: 60 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans.
256 pages, Paperback
First published March 5, 2007
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About the author
Bill Thorness
10 books13 followersBill Thorness's most recent book is All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father's War a memoir where the author crosses continents and history to retrace his father’s steps on the battlefields of World War II. All Roads Lead to Rome (December 2024, University of Nebraska Press) was named an Independent Book Awards 2025 finalist.
A Seattle-based author, editor and freelance writer, Bill currently focuses on travel, lifestyle and history.
Visit Bill's website billthorness.com and read his Substack newsletter Annotations.
Memoir:
All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father's War
Join his Goodreads book group related to WWII, focused on the First Special Service Force, the subject of his memoir.
Cycling:
Bill's bicycling guidebook, Cycling the Pacific Coast: The Complete Guide from Canada to Mexico (Mountaineers Books, 2017) was the culmination of three years of research and writing. His first cycling book, Biking Puget Sound: 60 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans, (Mountaineers Books, 2014) is the second edition of his popular cycling guide that was first published in 2007.
Gardening:
Bill also is the author of two gardening books: Cool Season Gardener: Extend the Harvest, Plan Ahead, and Grow Vegetables Year Round (Skipstone Press, 2013) and Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables for the Maritime Garden (Skipstone Press, 2009).
Other work:
Bill is also the co-author of the biography POWER: How J.D. Power III Became the Auto Industry's Adviser, Confesor, and Eyewitness to History (Fenwick, 2013).
Bill gives presentations on edible gardening regularly around the Northwest, and is active in many gardening organizations, including Master Gardeners, Plant Amnesty and the King County Seed Lending Library.
He writes for regional print and online publications and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Northwest Editors Guild, the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Authors Guild.
A Seattle-based author, editor and freelance writer, Bill currently focuses on travel, lifestyle and history.
Visit Bill's website billthorness.com and read his Substack newsletter Annotations.
Memoir:
All Roads Lead to Rome: Searching for the End of My Father's War
Join his Goodreads book group related to WWII, focused on the First Special Service Force, the subject of his memoir.
Cycling:
Bill's bicycling guidebook, Cycling the Pacific Coast: The Complete Guide from Canada to Mexico (Mountaineers Books, 2017) was the culmination of three years of research and writing. His first cycling book, Biking Puget Sound: 60 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans, (Mountaineers Books, 2014) is the second edition of his popular cycling guide that was first published in 2007.
Gardening:
Bill also is the author of two gardening books: Cool Season Gardener: Extend the Harvest, Plan Ahead, and Grow Vegetables Year Round (Skipstone Press, 2013) and Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables for the Maritime Garden (Skipstone Press, 2009).
Other work:
Bill is also the co-author of the biography POWER: How J.D. Power III Became the Auto Industry's Adviser, Confesor, and Eyewitness to History (Fenwick, 2013).
Bill gives presentations on edible gardening regularly around the Northwest, and is active in many gardening organizations, including Master Gardeners, Plant Amnesty and the King County Seed Lending Library.
He writes for regional print and online publications and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Northwest Editors Guild, the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Authors Guild.
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May 9, 2022
Yes! Elevation profiles! is that so much to ask?? cough Best Bike Rides Seattle: Great Recreational Rides in the Metro Area
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July 5, 2021Route maps do not actually have the route on them.. Web site no longer active.
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