Sequim Gazette photo by Tom Buscher/ Tour de Lavender participants line up at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club early Saturday morning, Aug. 1, to begin the annual bicycle ride — either the 35-mile Fun Ride or the 64-mile Metric Century route through the Sequim-Dungeness area, with proceeds supporting the Peninsula Trails Coalition’s efforts to improve and maintain the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Sequim Gazette photo by Tom Buscher/ Tour de Lavender participants gather with their bicycles at a support station at B&B Lavender Farm just after noon on Saturday, Aug. 1. Riders stopped for refreshments and any needed assistance before continuing the route that took them to six lavender farms as part of the fundraiser for the Peninsula Trails Coalition.

Sequim Gazette photos by Tom Buscher

A woman flashes a peace sign as Tour de Lavender participants park their bicycles at B&B Lavender Farm on Saturday, Aug. 1. The farm served as one of six stops where riders could rest before continuing their ride through the Sequim-Dungeness area in support of the Peninsula Trails Coalition and the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Sequim Gazette photo by Tom Buscher/ Tour de Lavender participants leave Purple Haze Lavender Farm on Saturday, Aug. 1, heading to the next stop on the six-farm bicycle route. Riders traveled through the Sequim-Dungeness area while supporting the Peninsula Trails Coalition’s efforts to improve and maintain the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Zoe Anderson, left, and her wife, Ruth Anderson, both of Olympia, pose with their bicycles at Olympic Bluffs Cidery & Lavender Farm late Saturday morning, Aug. 1, as they participated for the first time in the annual Tour de Lavender bicycle tour of area lavender farms. The pair said they learned of the event through social media and that the lavender fields, views of the sea and organization of the ride would bring them back. Proceeds support the Peninsula Trails Coalition’s work on the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Sequim Gazette photo by Tom Buscher/ Tour de Lavender participants queue up to the check-in table under cloudy skies Saturday morning, Aug. 1.

From left, Margaret Swigert of Sequim; Katherine Lewis of Kentucky; and Donna Muhich and her husband, Mike Muhich, both of Seabeck, pose by a lavender field at Jardin du Soleil with their bicycles shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. The foursome braved the drizzly weather to participate in Tour de Lavender, an annual event benefiting the Peninsula Trails Coalition and the Olympic Discovery Trail.