Day 26: Highway 92 to Alameda Creek

Kayak Landing at Eden Landing

Day 26: Highway 92 to Alameda Creek
(Hayward to Union City) 

Circle The Bay Part 3

July 16th 2018

8.9 miles in 1 hrs 35 mins

(Total:  275.8 miles in 66 hrs 27 mins)

This day was all about getting in one last ride before taking off to Wisconsin for the rest of the summer. Most of my time was spent exploring another section of restored wetland of the San Francisco Bay, Eden Landing.  Once a commercial salt pond, it is on its way back to more natural uses.  Ironically, it was the salt industry that preserved large segments of Bay Area wetland so it could be restored, keeping it from being gobbled up by other industries or construction.

And now it is hard to believe that it has been four busy months since I paused this trek.  I've been looking for the right opportunity to bike Coyote Hills.  Day 27 is finally here.

Taking my bike on a bus across the San Mateo Bridge

Billboard on the side of CA-92

Bike Bridge over CA 92

Tidal flow at the end of Mount Eden Creek

Eden Landing Salt Plant Ruins

Eden Landing Compass

Western Sandpipers

Tidal Gates for Wetland Restoration

Omnipresent High Voltage Lines on the east side of the South Bay

Alameda Creek