Bikers rejoice as new parking lots are added to Galbraith

On a sunny afternoon last fall, Bellingham mountain biker Jack Hilt found a pocket of time in his busy day to catch a couple laps at Galbraith Mountain. Searching for parking among the hundred other cars parked alongside busy Samish Way, his heart stopped as he watched the driver of a truck in front of him slam on the brakes just in time to miss a little girl on a bike who had popped out from behind the row of cars. Hilt took a deep breath as he slid into the parking spot behind the rattled fami