OK, this simplifies matters.

[gridlore]

I was doing some noodling on the Valley Transportation Authority website and found an interactive map of the bike lanes and trails in the county.

One of these trails runs along the Guadalupe River from Almaden Lake. This is right by our place. I was pleased to see that along with the trail entrances I knew about on Blossom Hill, there's one at Chynoweth Ave, right next to the light rail station I use. This won't cut much distance off the ride (looks like about a mile and a half) but it will take me off the streets and into a more pleasant environment for at least part of the time. Which will be nice riding home in the afternoon, I imagine.

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[patagucci-thong.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great to have bike paths running near your home? You'd love the trail system they have in place in Ottawa... Of course, we can't take advantage of it at this point due to lack of bikeage, not to mention living too far out of town. For some reason I think they'd balk at us taking the Virago on them.... ;)