When;  This months ride was on the usual 4th Friday of the month

Time:   The scheduled time was 10:00AM to about 12:30 PM

We started about 10:30AM to about 1:00PM

Where:  On the paved Alamitos Creek Trail through forested rural areas along the Alamitos Creek.

Distance and elevation Gain:  Round trip the distance was 18 miles with small gradual elevation gains along side of the Los Alamitos Creek

  The SIRS Riders Were:  Don Soderman, Marv Zienske, Jon Weiseman, Pete Eppolito,

Dave Smith, his Guest Lou Toler and Fred Jones

Pete Eppolito  and Dave Smith rode 21 speed standard bikes. Dave’s friend Lou Toler rode an electric bike, Jon Wiseman, Marv Zeinske and Fred Jones rode electric bikes. Don Soderman rode Fred’s, Bulls electric mountain bike.

Description of the ride:  We met at Martial Cottle Park on Chynoweth Ave.

We rode threw Martial Cottle Park to Chynoweth Ave. We rode in a wide bicycle lane to the paved trail head into Lake Almaden Park. We rode through Lake Almaden Park and rode out the backside of Almaden Lake Park on a paved trail following the Los Alamitos Creek. We rode through Fields of Poppies and green grass with a large flow of water in the creek to Mc Kean Rd. We rode down Mc Kean Rd to a dirt trail just before the entrance to IBM. Dave Smith didn’t want to ride on a dirt trail with his 21 speed road bike so David and Lou rode back to Almaden Lake to meet up with us later.

  The trail followed a smaller tributary alongside an abandoned orchard. We crossed the creek through about 6 in of water to an open field where we took some pictures with the Santa Teresa Mountains in the background. In the field was a private model airplane runway and a covered open out building. The dirt trail led to the back entrance to the Santa Teresa trail into Santa Teresa Park and alongside the mountains to Santa Teresa Golf Course. We rode back to Lake Almaden. When we got back to Lake Almaden we met up with David Smith and Lou Toler and took some pictures by the lake.

We rode back to Martial Cottle Park and arrived at about 1:00PM.

Some of us had lunch at the nearby High Five Pizza.

Everyone had a great time and looks forward to the next ride

I look forward to more rides to come!

Fred Jones Your Bike Chairman / Coordinator

Cell 408-609-1926  E-mail freddyelect@sbcglobal.net