This adventure is similar to my previous post "Coasting the North County Coast" but instead of taking the Coaster train and then walking back from Solana Beach to Encinitas, this time I carried my bike and parked in Encinitas train station and then biked all the way down to Torrey Pines and back. It took less than two hours and the trail was level all the way except between Del Mar and Torrey Pines.
The bike is seen carried on my Honda CRV, and a selfie below shows my bike and I after I arrived to Torrey Pines beach. The distance each way is 7.9 miles taking 55 minutes each way. Most of the path is by the ocean offering wonderful sea breezes and scenery. The third picture shows the beach near Torrey Pines looking back towards Del Mar.
It was a very pleasant experience and I would like to repeat it again and again. I am thinking next time to start from South Carlsbad by parking at the Poinsettia Station and biking from there south to Del Mar and back. This will take longer than two hours both ways but it would be worth the ride because the whole path is on the beach. So for a level ride for about two hours or more this is the perfect route. But for up and down hill rides then you need to go more east towards the mountains. Later on this soon.
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