Bike Ride
Almaden to Willow Glen

Itinerary

The itinerary is not set in stone! It's just a rough idea of the timeframe involved. We can always change things on the fly if we're tired or want to play more :)

Time	Description
10:00am	Meet at the JN Family's house
10:15am	Latest time to start biking
11:15-11:30am	Arrive at Willow Glen
11:30am - 1:00pm	Eat lunch at a restaurant
1:00-1:30pm	Explore dessert shops
1:30-2:30pm	Hang out at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park
2:30pm	Start biking back to JN Family's house
3:30pm	Arrive at JN Family's house

Meeting Location

We will be meeting at our house, and then biking to the Los Alamitos Creek Trail entrance off of Via Valiente.

Biking Route

The distance from our house to Via Valiente & Los Alamitos Creek Trail is 1.5 miles, and then it's another 9.5 miles to Willow Glen for a total of 22 miles round trip. Most of it is on Los Alamitos Creek Trail and Guadalupe River Trail. The rest goes through residential streets. Other than a couple ramps, the ride is pretty flat.

Links to biking route on Google Maps:

Lunch & Desserts in Willow Glen

There are many good restaurants in this area for lunch with outdoor seating. Note that many of them do not take reservations, though. Following are ones we've tried:

Yelp: Crepevine Restaurant (San Jose) - Delicious crepes in a nice outdoor patio area
Yelp: Opa! - Good Greek food with an outdoor area next to the Town Square and fountain
Yelp: The Table - Delicious food with a nice sizeable outdoor patio area
Yelp: Siena Bistro - Good food with an outdoor area facing the parking lot in the back
Yelp: Sushi Arashi - Good sushi rolls. They don't have their own outdoor seating, but we can order takeout and sit at the outdoor tables near the restaurant.

We like to walk down Lincoln Street, check out all the dessert shops, and gobble up the scrumptious treats to destroy all the exercise we just did :D Following are places we've tried:

Hang Out at Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park

This park is very close to Lincoln Street in Willow Glen. There's a playground, tennis courts, and public restrooms here. We haven't been here before, but we're thinking to try it out. Haul our cache of desserts to enjoy at the park :P