I decided to take the day off work today to have a bit of Jon time. The main activity was to get out on my new bike for a much longer ride. With no real route in mind, I started by doing the same route as the other night around the Shoreline park. After avoiding a group of Russian tourists I headed up the road parallel to 101 to Palo Alto and then through to Menlo Park. By this point I didn’t exactly know where I was heading and my chain came off! After a few roadside repairs I found myself heading up Alpine Road. It wasn’t long before the Alpine Inn was in sight. There’s a small road which rolls down through the Palo Alto park and then on to Los Alto before heading home. A total of 30.6 miles. Not bad for a morning exercise.