- South on PCH to city of Dana Point
- From PCH, right turn onto Green Lantern St.
- Left turn onto Cove Rd. (a steep descent)
- Left turn onto Dana Point Harbor Dr.
- Right turn onto Park Lantern
- Regroup and refuel at Doheny State Beach bathrooms near San Juan Creek bicycle trail.
- Continue up San Juan Creek bike trail (north), cross bridge to path on east side of creek
- Bike trail ends and dumps out to Avenida De La Vista (north)
- Right onto Oso Rd., then left onto Camino Capistrano (north)
- Right onto Avery Parkway, under 5 Fwy.
- Left onto Marguerite Parkway
NOTE: Sometimes an extra mile of climbing is thrown in by riding past Marguerite and then turning left onto a road of Saddleback College. It dumps back out ont Marguerite northbound.
- Left onto Trabuco Rd. (west/northwest)
- Regroup and refuel at the 7-Eleven at the northwest corner of Trabuco Rd. and Lake Forest Dr.
- Continue along Trabuco Rd. (west). Trabuco Rd. turns into Irvine Blvd.
- Left on Jamboree Rd. (south)
- Left on Edinger Ave. (east)
- Right on Harvard Ave. (south)
- From Harvard, cross Barranca and enter the San Diego Creek Channel bike path at the southwest corner
- San Diego Creek Channel south, cross bridge to east side of channel
- Exit San Diego Creek Channel bike path at Jamboree Rd. and Eastbluff Dr. (aka University Dr.)
- Right turn on Eastbluff Dr. (southwest)
- Right turn on Backbay Dr. (west). Backbay Dr. is a one way road for cars but bicycles can proceed in the opposite direction
- Backbay Dr. leads out to Jamboree Rd., but before it does, make a right turn and get on the bike path to the left of the gated parking entrance for the RV park.
- The bike path dumps out to Bayside Dr.
- Left onto Bayside Dr.
- Right onto PCH (west/northwest)
- PCH back to the Alamitos Bay Marina