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Mild weather all year round. For general information about the San Diego area, you may want to check the following websites:
The photograph above makes a good desktop background for your computer screen, especially in its original form with more green and blue space. You can download the appropriate size: If your screen size is not included, download the original and use some photo editing software to make an image of the correct size by cropping it and/or shrinking it, or ask the webmaster for a particular size. If you set the wrong size as a desktop background, the image quality may suffer when the operating system resizes it. Bicycle News and NotesThe Pacific Street Bridge over the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside has been opened to cars, bicyclists and pedestrians. Pacific Street, which is a popular bike route, formerly crossed the river on a small causeway which washed out every few years. The connection between Pacific Street and the San Luis Rey River Bike Path, which was disrupted by bridge construciton, remains closed. The South Bay Expressway (the southern extension of Highway 125) has been opened. Starting October 4, 2008, bicyclists will be able to ride across the Otay River Valley on the new bridge, which is 3000 feet long and 150 feet high. For more information see www.southbayexpressway.com. The 2007 San Diego Region Bike Map is available online. Go to www.ridelink.org and navigate to "Commuter Services" and "Biking". You can also order a printed copy, which is now available. Printed copies may also be available at some bike shops and other locations. Funding is finally available for the Lake Hodges Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, and it is now under construction. The bridge will be opening as soon as they can get it built. The I-15 Freeway has been closed to bicycles between Centre City Parkway and Via Rancho Parkway. A signed detour is inferior to the one most cyclists have been using for years. See Bicycling through South Escondido. The East Ted Williams Bike Path has been reopened. Construction on an interchange between California State Highways 125 and 54 has effectively blocked direct bicycle travel between Bonita and La Presa. The nearest alternate route that remains open to bicyclists is via Worthington St. and Paradise Valley Road. The good news: When the interchange is completed and the dust has settled, Quarry Road will be reopened as a bicycle and pedestrian path, probably in summer of 2008 or soon thereafter. The East Escondido Creek Bike Path is closed at and near Ash St. Scanned topographic maps for San Diego, Orange, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties are available online at www.efghmaps.com. These are public domain images in GIF format with no restrictions on use. About the WebmasterThis website is brought to you by Philip J. Erdelsky, a resident of San Diego since 1969, and a bicycle rider since about 1974. Visit my home page at http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~pje/. E-mail comments, corrections and additions to me at pje@efgh.com. Photographs of the webmaster. Click on description to display photograph.
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