• 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