Welcome to Skagit County

August 12th, 2010

FOURTH ANNUAL RETRO RIDE & CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE
A LIGHTHEARTED CELEBRATION OF CYCLING HISTORY AND ECCENTRICITY
The Skagit County Historical Museum is hosting the Fourth Annual Retro Ride & Concours D' Elegance on August 28th. The ride will begin at the museum which is located at 501 4th Street in La Conner. The ride will be in conjunction with "The Way We Played" an exhibit about recreation in the early days of Skagit County. The day begins at 10:00 with a tour of the exhibit and a review of bicycles and costumes. You are encouraged to bring an old, stylish or unusual bicycle and come in costume, which could be either period specific or fanciful. You should still come even if you don't have an unusual bicycle and costume. (If you don't have an antique bike you should get one--this event occurs every year. You need an old bike.) After the review, we will ride toward Edison. The more swiftly mounted riders will turn back at Edison, those mounted upon venerable, well-ballasted machines will reverse direction after an hour so that all will converge upon the same cafe at the same time for lunch in La Conner . After lunch we'll return to the museum--pushing our velocipedes up the hill if necessary--to watch a vintage cycling movie. The event is free except for lunch. There is no free lunch. Ride leader: Ken Rasmussen, 360 766 8720, kayakfit@fidalgo.net

The family friendly Skagit County Historical Museum with viewing deck over Skagit's farmland is located at 501 S. 4th Street, at the top of the hill in La Conner. For more information, call 360.466.3365 or visit www.skagitcounty.net/museum.

Jo Wolfe
Fundraising & Publicity Coordinator
360.466.3365
jwolfe@co.skagit.wa.us