Brisk San Martin Cruise

I did a brisk cruise of just under 3 hours yesterday, mostly in San Martin, but with a bit of the Coyote Creek Trail thrown in at the end. It was foggy which made it nice and cool, about 65 F (18 C). But the sun was peeking out to the West and came out fully at the end. After a decent warmup, the middle portion was a pretty challenging steady-state pace. I felt great at the end after cooling down, unlike last Friday when I overdid with a 4 hour ride.

Coyote Creek trail
New Ave has work going on South of Buena Vista so they detoured us
Fitness and Exercise
Detour on Marcella Ave, peppers on the left, corn on the right
Marcella Ave
Heading Down Las Animas towards No Name Uno Ave. Whoever named that street had a sense of humor. Some blue sky peaking out over the Gavilan mountains
Santa Cruz
Santa Teresa Hospital. This was my home away from home for a couple of days a few years back when I had an inner ear infection that at first they thought was a stroke. Then it was my wife’s when she got hepatitis as a rare side effect of a medicine. All ended well in both cases thankfully

A little further north on Murphy Ave I visited the little farm that has my Alpaca buddy. I published a short video of her on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/KIuTwU_N_A8

Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Teresa Hospital
Coyote Creek trail
On the Coyote Creek Trail. Some blue sky to the West over the Santa Cruz Mountains

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