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Still riding down Monterey Road, now about 15 miles from home, getting closer to the town of Morgan Hill.

05182-me-15-mile-stop-800px.jpg Riding down Monterey Road in south San José.ThumbnailsHenry Coe State Park's land becomes visible on the distant hilltops at the centre of the photo.Riding down Monterey Road in south San José.ThumbnailsHenry Coe State Park's land becomes visible on the distant hilltops at the centre of the photo.Riding down Monterey Road in south San José.ThumbnailsHenry Coe State Park's land becomes visible on the distant hilltops at the centre of the photo.Riding down Monterey Road in south San José.ThumbnailsHenry Coe State Park's land becomes visible on the distant hilltops at the centre of the photo.Riding down Monterey Road in south San José.ThumbnailsHenry Coe State Park's land becomes visible on the distant hilltops at the centre of the photo.

About 45 minutes later, I'm still riding down Monterey Road.

It's turning out to be a fairly warm day (in the 80s) and I'm starting to work up a bit of a sweat.

This part of Monterey Road passes through a quasi-rural area of orchards and farms, but San José is planning a massive suburban-sprawl development for the future that will eliminate much of this.