This morning we racked up our still unnamed bikes and headed to a small parking space not far from Kramer Avenue the 91 freeway. A ten minute drive and another ten minutes of prep and we were riding along the Santa Ana River Channel, the longest continuous biking/walking path in Orange County.
The trail is paved and maintained, with marked portions for vehicles and pedestrians. The only significant hills are when you cross under a bridge.
You wouldn't expect to see a lot of water in the channel in high summer, and you'd be right. But there was enough running water to host quite a few waterbirds of many kinds: ducks, sandpipers, terns, herons, gulls...you name it. The waterbird diversity couldn't compare with the human kind! You see all sorts of people on the trail on a Saturday morning. Always, of course, the "serious" riders, properly attired in their spandex jersey of choice and riding bikes that cost as much as our car. Funny, not many of them seemed to recognize a nodded hello.
Then you have the more laid back crowd...the mountain biking yuppies, the beach cruiser teenagers, the families with a passle of kids in tow on their BMX bikes. Can't forget the free spirits of the cycling world...the tandem riders and the recumbent pilots. An interesting lot, to be sure!
We made our way south past the Honda Center and The Big A--Angel Stadium (photographic proof offered at right). Altogether, we did 10 miles, with stops for pictures, in an hour's leisurely ride. Saturday morning could be a lot worse. :-)
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