Warrior Bike cyclist Matt Hofmeister of Olympia, a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces who served from 1992-2022, including a stint in Iraq, talks to Peninsula Trails Coalition trail ambassadors Laila Sundin, left, and Ashton Reichner upon Hofmeister’s arrival in Port Angeles on Wednesday on the Waterfront Trail portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Hofmeiser is one of seven veterans taking part independently in this year’s Warrior Bike journey, a 3,700-mile ride from Washington, D.C., to La Push.

