April 4, 2008

Floral Arrangement

Tulip Country Bike Tours

In certain corners of the world, people suffer April showers to get May flowers.

Not you. You get instant gratification — in the form of Tulip Country Bike Tours’s lazy weekend rides.

Peddle through acres of blooms in the Skagit Valley with up to fifteen friends, breaking for lunch (homemade soups and sammies), freshly brewed coffee, and shopping stops at local nurseries. Bikes are comfortable (so your Huffy experience will do just fine) and guides are more mellow than manic, with not a stitch of “race you” Spandex in sight.

Call now (Tulip Festival tours run every weekend through April) or schedule a ride for summer, when the focus shifts to berry and cheese sampling at local farms. Either way, you’ll want to act fast.

Missing out would be a bloomin’ shame.

Tulip Country Bike Tours, 13391 Avon Allen Road, Mount Vernon (360-424-7461 or countrycycling.com).