Mission Bay Bicycle Path-Feb. 20th-10.9 miles

Video at normal speed on Youtube channel SUENORD1 (https://youtu.be/NDp-tpkuwoo)

The bike path around Mission Bay starts at Bayside Lane and West Mission Bay Boulevard. It is not as crowded as the path along the seaside and has just enough people out on it to make it interesting. There had been some wind earlier, which left a few patches of sand on the sidewalk. Be careful! Hitting these sand patches is like bicycling on ice! On the East side of the bay, the bike path disappears occasionally, but reappears if you just follow the paved roads and cross the parking lots, keeping as close to the water as possible. On the Southern and Eastern sides of the bay there are often just lines along the side of the road to mark the bike routes.

There are two bear-traps you should avoid. The first is the road to Fiesta Island. A lot of bikers seem to go that way, but it is a DEAD END!

The second is  the Ingraham Street Bridge. If you take that, it is quite a climb, and you will not end up at the beginning of the bike path. Nice view, though!

To return to your starting point, you need to follow the bike lane Northwest on West Mission Bay Drive.

This will return you to your starting point.

If you have children, all of the parts of the route that don’t run on open roads are safe. The kids should be old enough, however,  to avoid other bicyclists.