Biking Log: 23 miles from Downtown SD to Imperial Beach back to Coronado

I left work a bit earlier (5pm) than normal and picked up James on the way and head to Fish Market parking lot by Harbor Drive. We were planning to finish the 23 miles ride from downtown to Imperial Beach and back from Silver Strand to Coronado which we were not able to complete last Sunday due to an incident.

This time around, I was definitely paying more attention on the condition of the road and avoid all the ditches and bumps whenever I can. There were a lot of traffic on the ride down to Imperial Beach through Harbor drive. This is where I really need a full coverage sport sunglasses to protect my eyes and prevent road dusts getting into my contacts. God forbids when dust or dirt get between my contacts and eyes, it hurts so much and it also tends to scratch my eyes as well.

On the way down, we rode pass a salt mine or salt harvesting farm, it was a interesting sight.


We then have to ride across to east of I-5 then ride back to wet of I-5 through Palm Ave. At this point, we really had to ride through a lot of commuter traffic and frequent stop at the traffic light and avoid car and bus.


Finally we were at the south tip of Silver Strand, there is where the dedicated bike path begin. With ocean breeze and sunset along the ride, the last 10 miles of the ride was very enjoyable.




Exactly 2 hours after we started and 23 miles later, we made it back to Coronado Ferry Landing point and after we grab a yummy shakes from ColdStone, we were on 8:30pm ferry back to downtown SD.

Today's ride was the longest ride I've ridden at once so far. I'm sure there will be more in the next few weeks. Next ride probably will be around I-56.

See the route here: Click "Elevation" large to see the elevation changes.