Been wanting to do this since my ride on Vashon with Cascade bikes. Only I wanted more distance, more hills and to in general check out Vashon. Wish granted. Did the previous route until I got to "downtown" Vashon Island which has an amazing number of non chain restaurants and at least 3 bakeries to die for. From downtown, I headed west rather than east looking for the road that goes north to south on the west side of the island. Found it but it gradually started turning north to the ferry dock when I wanted to head south. Also found a lot of steep hills but the views and scenary were spectaculor. So back to downtown and back to the road that would take me to the ferry at the south of the island. Nice try however to find a new route.Without knowing the ferry schedule, I somehow arrived just minutes before they left so I was back in Tacoma before 3 which gave me plenty of time to do the 5 mile route thru Pt. Defiance park. Really crowded and not so pleasant of a ride until I got on the loop that does not allow motorized vehicles. Does my ebike count?
Data: No assist until the hill coming off the ferry. Used 5% Intermitten use of assist on Vashon but when leaving I still had 82% battery. More intermittent use in Tacoma and Gig Harbor but had 70% when I started up the big hill north of Gig harbor and used 13% on it and the two small snarly hills at the top. Went to level 1 intermittently for the rest of the ride and finished at 46%