June gloom

Instead of sunshine, this August has been more like June, what with the overcast in the morning. It was so hot in July, and now this nice (to me!) weather. I wonder what September will bring? It's usually rather hot in September and October.

Rode to the dam this morning, but didn't follow the Dam Ride precisely. Stop to watch a helicopter lifting stuff at Grossmont center, which I've seen before, but this time I took a little movie of it.



Out in Santee at the intersection of Cuyamaca and N. Marshall/Weld I observed a guy on a bicycle (NOT a cyclist!!) riding on the trolley tracks (while the trolley was coming). I don't mean crossing the tracks, I mean parallel-to-the-rails. And a minute later saw a not-a-cyclist riding against traffic on Cuyamaca, heading south.

Saw the couple with the puppy on what I have learned is the Father Junipero Serra Trail, formerly the Padre Dam bike path.

Here's a picture of the "backside" of Cowles Mountain taken near the trail head at Mesa and Prospect



Lot of people walking their dogs at Lake Murray. Time for a photoessay?

Did the 12.8 miles in the first hour of the ride.

Total trip was 22.3 miles in 1 hour, 46 minutes EXACTLY*!




*Not counting stoplights, etc.