Timberland Regional Library: Tenino

Tenino Timberland Regional Library

Interestingly the library where I currently work was the third building I visited in my goal to ride to all the Timberland Regional Libraries. I'm actually on vacation, but this morning I headed out to visit the Tenino library.

A few things made the ride stand out from my usual commute. One, I wore sunglasses. I've never been a sunglasses-wearer but I got tired of bugs hitting my eyes. That gave the ride a different hue than I'm used to, sort of like watching a 3D film or something rather than something I was seeing for myself.

Before I left I added fenders to the bike. No rain today, but I wanted to test out how they worked. These are Shockblade 29er fenders, easy to mount and easy to remove. Once I was riding I pretty much forgot they were there but it'll be nice when the weather turns nasty and I'm commuting to work.

The other thing that struck me about the ride was once again the feeling of being up so high! I think because the Yelm-Tenino trail is such a familiar route that riding it on the Marlin let me see it from a different perspective.

I made pretty good time on the ride, compared to my previous commutes I knocked a good half-hour or so off my time, about fifteen minutes each way. I think once I get used to the bike and switch to clipless pedals I'll see that improve a little bit more.