[Klondike]

We've got a few pics from Seattle's July 7th ride up, but not too many (thanks, Crispus). I considered going up to cover this, but after reviewing the pics, I think a trip to Collins Beach instead was not such a bad idea.

More than in the past, I was really looking forward to seeing this year's crop of pics from Seattle. Thats because we're seeing some positive trends in the west coast WNBR scene overall (SF, LA, Portland second sunny nekkid ride), and so I wondered if Seattle's ride would also show this. That trend is towards larger, younger rides. But after looking over pics taken by four different Flickr users (some gay), I am disappointed in Seattle. For sure, a gay focus skews things just as a chick focus does in the other direction. I mean here, its almost comical looking at galleries taken by guy- lovers and comparing them to galleries taken by chick-lovers - its almost like you are seeing pics from two different rides. But I think I can see through the biases and say that this years Seattle ride was, if not a sausage fest, not particularly well balanced ratio wise. Translated - whats up, Seattle? You're bringing up the rear now among West Coast rides, and this is from the city where the WNBR more or less began in the US? Don't tell me people are all just waiting for some of those late summer rides...

Note: being somewhat chick biased, don't let these pics below fool you. I waded through a heck of a lot of guy-only pics to bring you these. And you see that one girl with the yellow painted boobs in lots of different incarnations (nude, semi-nude, unpainted, painted, etc) - but its all just ONE girl folks....If I am not mistaken, 8 out of these 10 pics are of her...

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