with the president in brentwood and the 405 expansion, i decided to bike to westwood to meet up w/ HRJ and m last thursday. according to google maps bike recommendation, i should start out going east on arizona which becomes texas, then turn south on westgate, then turn east on ohio, and turn north on veteran. after that, it’s anyone’s guess because westwood is always a cluster****. arizona was relatively deserted and a bit hilly but nothing insurmountable. in fact, the whole route was relatively deserted. ohio was a breeze with both bike lanes and delineations as a bike route and only a couple lights between westgate and veteran. soooo easy to ride under the 405.

i had grand plans of taking some photos in westwood park at the corner of veteran and wilshire, but instead spent 15 minutes discussing the finer points of wordpress. and then it got chilly as the sun started to really set. i resumed my journey north on veteran and turned right on kinross then left on gayley. i headed north and safely dismounted at the corner of the parking garage nearest to the car. success!

4.51 miles / 29.35 minutes / 9.1 mph average speed