"Off to the Races" Remote (With Trains)

Saturday, October 9, 2021
10:00 AM 2:50 PM 10:00 14:50

Oceanside Station 235 South Tremont Street Oceanside, CA, 92054 United States (map)

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Ride Start: Oceanside Transit Center (Metrolink Station)
Beach side of tracks at end of Tyson Street:
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From Oceanside, ride down the coast to Del Mar including a ‘lolly-pop loop’ around the
Del Mar Fairgrounds & Race Track then back to Oceanside with time for lunch before we get on the NB train @ 2:50.
Regroups at Swami’s Seaside Park at mile 12.8, The Del Mar Fairgrounds at mile 18.2, and a coffee stop at Stratford Court Café at mile 19.8 in Del Mar:

1307 Stratford Court, Del Mar, CA 92014 https://www.stratfordcourtcafe.com/

Face Covering REQUIRED Onboard trains. You may roll up to 3 bikes on any car if space available, not just on the “Bike Car”. $10 Weekend Day Pass is cheaper than Round Trip. SENIOR round-trip fare’s a bit less south of Irvine: $9.50 from LN/MV, $9 from SJC, or $8 from San Clemente — Face Covering REQUIRED Onboard trains.
You may roll up to 3 bikes on any car if space available, not just on the “Bike Car”.

$10 Weekend Day Pass is cheaper than Round Trip.

SENIOR round-trip fare’s a bit less south of Irvine:
$9.50 from LN/MV,
$9 from SJC, or
$8 from San Clemente

Drive or take the IEOC 857 train (8:42 in Irvine); (from Anaheim Cnyn, Orange, SA, Tustin, Irvine, MV/LN, SJC or San Clemente) We will gather & roll out at 10, after the 857 arrives at 9:55.
LUNCH: Swami’s at Mission & Coast Hwy
Xtra Route Slip to Swami’s
just 1/2 mile from the train station
Train back:
IEOC 858 - leaves at 2:51 & stops @ Irvine at 3:48.

COASTER SHORT CUT OPTION: If you are nervous about pace or distance, catch the Coaster #685 for $5 back to Oceanside by 1:27
from Solana Beach at mile 22.4 @ 1:06
or Encinitas (R on D street) at mile 26.3 @ 1:11, or
Carlsbad Village (R on Cristiansen) at mile 35 @ 1:21