Because of ongoing track maintenance Amtrak is not running trains on the weekend so are unable to ride my Anaheim to Oceanside permanent. I came up with a loop that uses Laguna Canyon road (from Willie's 400k last weekend). On Willie's ride we came down at 5:30am when it was cold and had no traffic.
We started at Anaheim and climbed Santiago Canyon and then dropped to Cooks Corner. They were having a concert so they were very busy. We were there an hour. I had the steak sandwich - meh. We jumped on the Aliso Creek bike trail all the way to Paseo de Valencia. Then we headed onto El Toro Road and Laguna Canyon which was extremely busy when we got there.
Once in Laguna Beach we rode on Cliff Drive instead of PCH which would have worked if we had been going Southbound. Anything that keeps you off PCH is good. Then we just headed up the coast and jumped onto the SART back to Anaheim.
We tried the new Oyster Bar at Anaheim train station. It was surprisingly good and quite busy. There was an Angel's game that evening and I think they get quite a bit of trade from the fans. Amber had a sausage and chicken stew and smelled heavenly and I had a blackened chicken Po Boy. Both excellent and the price is reasonable. They are very bike friendly there.
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