PORT ANGELES — Families and bike enthusiasts alike can enjoy an adventurous ride while helping local organizations on Sunday.
The seventh annual Olympic Peninsula Bike Adventure is a 10-, 25- or 60-mile bike ride along the Olympic Discovery Trail. It is $50 for adults or $25 for children younger than 12.
The 25-mile and 60-mile rides will begin at Port Angeles City Pier at 9 a.m. The 10-mile ride will start from Robin Hill Park at 11 a.m.
Participants can register online at www.olympicbikeadventure.com or just show up.
“The event benefits the Boys & Girls Club Foundation of the Olympic Peninsula, the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation, and a new beneficiary is the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club,” said Jim McCauley, an organizer of the event for the last seven years.
“The Family Fun Ride — which is 10 miles — is a really nice flat one,” he said.
“It is really great for kids, although we have children who do the 60-mile ride on a regular basis.”
The first year of the ride, participants traveled from Sequim to Joyce and back, on roads.
“That was pre-Olympic Discovery Trail,” McCauley said.
“We didn’t want a normal road bike challenge, though.
“We wanted it to be more of a pedal, with family participation.”
McCauley said he hopes that the event continues to grow.
“We’re hoping that as the trail grows, we want to ride the length of the trail,” he said.
Sequim Sunrise Rotary will begin running the event in the future, and other Rotary Clubs could become involved along the length of the trail, he said.
The Boys & Girls Club Foundation of the Olympic Peninsula is one of the primary beneficiaries.
“We provide scholarships for those children who are unable to pay the fee to get into the club,” McCauley said.
“We are also establishing funds for future Boys & Girls Club projects in Port Angeles and Sequim.
“Funds in the foundation could go to any kind of capital projects — right now we are building our resources to do that.”
For more information, phone the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department at 360-417-4557.
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Reporter Paige Dickerson can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at paige.dickerson@peninsuladailynews.com.
