{"id":139,"date":"2008-12-03T18:57:11","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T02:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2010-07-16T15:31:47","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T23:31:47","slug":"banner-forest-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Banner Forest, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I&#8217;m spending this week in the Puget Sound\/Seattle area. I have been here about four or five times but it has always been during July or August which most folks will tell you is a pretty glorious time here.\u00a0 The rest of the year is known for a lot of overcast and rain.\u00a0 The weather was\u00a0just that when I arrived Monday evening and all day on Tuesday.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0However, just as I was finishing up work in the afternoon\u00a0the Sun made an appearance.\u00a0 \u00a0I had not planned on grabbing a rental bike until later in the week so here I am off work with sunshine and no bike.\u00a0 The time involved with chasing down a bike and then getting to a trailhead would eat up most of my daylight so what the heck, I&#8217;m going for a hike.\u00a0 So straight to one of the Banner Forest trailheads located near Port Orchard I went.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/SEA08\/BannerForest-02DEC08\/JPEG\/normal_Seattle08-BannerForest-02DEC08-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/bd88af4295713e75b76be801d1cb8312.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/bd88af4295713e75b76be801d1cb8312.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis place is known as a mountain biking area with about 10 miles of singletrack.\u00a0 I only scratched the surface of the trails here on my hike which may have been 3 miles at most.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of the stuff I hiked was\u00a0twisty\u00a0 with some small ups and downs that looks to just be a hoot to ride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/SEA08\/BannerForest-02DEC08\/JPEG\/normal_Seattle08-BannerForest-02DEC08-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/29e134d434b7b7dc4e49aabac6509dfb.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/29e134d434b7b7dc4e49aabac6509dfb.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the the flora of the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 \u00a0 Green green green and very mossy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/SEA08\/BannerForest-02DEC08\/JPEG\/normal_Seattle08-BannerForest-02DEC08-36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c0af1d4a51e3452edf19feb1aafb7888.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c0af1d4a51e3452edf19feb1aafb7888.jpg?resize=650%2C433\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI saw a few log rides as well as few spots that have oppurtunities for some minor air time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/SEA08\/BannerForest-02DEC08\/JPEG\/normal_Seattle08-BannerForest-02DEC08-45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/344b54e0a9a27589095dd82db232221a.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/344b54e0a9a27589095dd82db232221a.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was a pretty cool log ride.\u00a0 It is optional as the trail runs about half way down it&#8217;s long length.\u00a0 Then the log is cut where it crosses the trail.\u00a0 Log riders have to come of the log and immediately get back up on it on the other side of the trail,\u00a0 ride the next section the make turning roll off the log where you merge back onto the trail.\u00a0 \u00a0Very Cool!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/SEA08\/BannerForest-02DEC08\/JPEG\/normal_Seattle08-BannerForest-02DEC08-28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/36f6127c5989b681659fc6f01145e883.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/36f6127c5989b681659fc6f01145e883.jpg?resize=433%2C650\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I have been up the Pacfic Northwest and B.C. before, I had forgotten how\u00a0the thick\u00a0foilage in places can really make\u00a0for pretty dark shade.\u00a0 I was enjoying my hike and I traveled back into the woods a little further than I thought so\u00a0the waning light and thick foilage made for a couple of spooky spots near the end of my loop.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtbbill.com\/cpg\/albums\/SEA08\/BannerForest-02DEC08\/JPEG\/normal_Seattle08-BannerForest-02DEC08-34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/ffc8ec3dffab4d5de75762ec9caf4704.jpg?resize=650%2C434\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/ffc8ec3dffab4d5de75762ec9caf4704.jpg?resize=650%2C434\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m\u00a0going to be spending a few weeks in Seattle Area\u00a0in\u00a0few months\u00a0so I have a feeling I&#8217;m going to get back over here with a bike. 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