Scores of wheelchair riders, bicyclists, skateboarders and others participated in the third annual Sea to Sound multi-modal trek covering portions of 74-miles of the Olympic Discovery Trail.  Also known as Ian’s Ride, organizer and founder of the event Ian Mackay says the idea was created to raise awareness and appreciation of the great outdoors regardless of ability.  

MACKAY:  “We really try to cater to the wheelchair crowd. It’s so infrequent that you can find an event that is for particularly folks with disabilities. And I can find my solace out on the Olympic Discovery Trail. And putting on this event every year is a way I can kind of share that with my other friends and fans.”

Ian has been paralyzed from the neck down following a bicycle accident in 2008.  He says you cannot help but feel elated when you’re out there with nature.  The trek started  west of Lake Crescent and ended on the Larry Scott Trail in Port Townsend.