This weekend we stayed closer to home with the lovely Tour de Peaks century in the Snoqualmie Valley (after a non-bike trip to Whidbey Island for the Coupeville Arts Festival on Saturday).

The ride started and ended in North Bend, of Twin Peaks fame. Between the start and finish we saw lots of horses, llamas, cows and pigs (including Wendy, pictured below, and Horace and Brenda, not pictured, but caught in the act of, shall we say, relations. Loudly).

A rough version of the route is here.

At the start in North Bend

Arm warmers: one of the best pieces of clothing ever invented

One of several fields of flowers.

Snoqualmie River

More Snoqualmie River

Wendy the Pig

(Not her real name.)

(As far as we know.)

Old building, Snoqualmie

Old truck, old building, North Bend

Twede’s Cafe, which was the Double R Diner in Twin Peaks

Gritty stuff in North Bend