inglorious wanderer

The bike trail is more than 7.3 miles past College Boulevard. There's probably 3 quarters  of a mile more past the 7.3 mile marker to the east end of trail at Andrew Jackson Street.  From Neptune Way, the west end of trail to the east end which my locator marks as Guajome, Prius Iscariot and I did between 15 and 16 miles. Not bad for a solidarity ride for Native Americans who  don't actually find Thanksgiving Day a reason to celebrate, historically.  San Luis Rey was not some friars  as I thought he was. The Mission San Luis Rey was actually named after Saint Louis IX, king of France in the 13th century.  The people who inhabited the area for hundreds of years were referred to by the mission friars as Luiseño Indians. The river that the natives lived on became the San Luis Rey River. The bike trail traverses with State Route 76 from just past  the I-5 bridge that overpasses the San Luis Rey River. The bike trail sits atop a concrete dike  tha...

I just did two laps on the 5-mile loop and now hanging out on the picnic grounds waiting to see what happens after the San Diego Fire Rescue crew opens a truck with a crew bar.  "Good job guys!" The boss commends his crew. Nothing explodes and the fire rescue truck just drove away.  I am not bored nor disappointed that I didn't get to witness anything. Life goes on at Scripps Ranch where residents put up a show of protests and petitions in community meetings  to make their zip code associated with upscale real estate value. Even if I drive Prius Iscariot for almost 2 miles to do routine laps on the 5 mile concrete trail, I consider the recreational loop my home turf. The ride was not easy for this self-taught adult rider at first but the sharp curves, about 5 of them became a routine.   

Flower table is my translation   of Mira Mesa. The northwestern part of San Diego is however not that elevated.  MiraMesa is more of a flat terrain than a plateau. At least not in the center where many Asian business establishments are located. Mira Mesa is also where the Filipino and Vietnamese ethnic communities live.  This is where many Vietnamese doctors and other top earning Vietnamese professionals like pharmacists started when their families were FOBs. They have since left the area for fancier neighborhoods. Mira Mesa is more of empty nests for former Vietnamese refugees now. But for Filipino immigrants, Mira Mesa is more like Manila in terms of high occupancy households.  I did a short ride on the bike lane along Black Mountain Rd and it actually felt more comfortable pumping my pedals on an asphalted surface. I guess this is where I would train myself to be more comfortable before I would get myself a self-assembled road bike from Amazon on Cyber Monday...