Friday, June 12, 2026

Using By The Golden Hills – BionicOldGuy

Summer season is approaching quick, and for us the primary signal is all the time that our hills are not inexperienced and are actually golden, which they may stay till the following wet season within the fall. However the climate has been pleasant for using, not too sizzling till later within the afternoon when I’m already completed. I do should be a bit cautious about journey size as a result of some pollen is within the air that provides me allergy complications. Not too dangerous if I maintain rides underneath 3 hours.

Final Tuesday my group did its “Taco Tuesday” journey for the first Tuesday of the month. We head south to San Martin, then flip east, and switch again north on the east aspect of the valley and up the Coyote Creek path all the way in which to Metcalf Park, looping again over Malech highway and again downtown for lunch.

Cochrane highway on the hill that goes previous the Almaden reservoir dam
Heading out on the path
The path bends west in the direction of the Santa Cruz Mountains
Taking a break at Metcalf park

On Saturday I took my upright out searching for some off-road using.

The gravel/grime shoulder subsequent to Major Ave at Guillelmo Vineyard
A neighborhood rural highway, Elm Rd. Some folks zoom fairly quick down this highway of their vehicles which the residents don’t discover amusing
Some grime trails at Anderson Lake County Park

Yesterday was a tough day, a brisk two hour 50 minute cruise with some on-bike energy coaching and intervals. Then I did some upper-body energy coaching within the storage.

Dougherty Rd, a rural highway simply northwest of Morgan Hill
Hale Avenue North by means of the Coyote Valley.
Leaning into the flip onto Bailey Ave.
The hill on the northern finish of Coyote Valley. On the opposite aspect is the beginning of the South San Jose neighborhoods.
The neighborhood on the West aspect backs up onto the Santa Teresa foothills. You may journey alongside right here for about 10 miles (16 km) north, with good views of open area and Santa Teresa Park on the way in which.
I climbed the steep hill on Bernal Rd that goes up each to the gates of the IBM analysis facility and Santa Teresa park. I labored in analysis right here from 1984-1987. I heard it it’s now closed down so I assumed I’d go see the standing. However the gates are nonetheless closed. IBM might be conserving folks out till they promote the constructing. If these gates have been open you might drop down the West aspect on Harry Rd to the Almaden Valley.
A part of Santa Teresa Park
Blasting again down the Bernal Hill
Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch is now a county park
There’s a grime path by means of the ranch that may be a enjoyable different to the highway.


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