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earlier in the week i biked coyote hills in fremont. the trail ran along the very southern lip of the san francisco bay that separates the penninsula from the east bay. the trail snaked along the shoreline and afforded some nice views of the bay as well as the dumbarton bridge.

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i eventually returned back to the parking lot and decided to go on a different path into the wetlands. it was pretty cool how they created trails that snaked its way through the wetlands. it wasn’t so march a marsh as it was just a watery habitat for many birds and fish. pretty cool and relaxing. overall coyote hills is not bad, just stay away from the bugs. but the one thing about coyote hills is that it is ridiculously windy. i would guess that you encouter winds blowing at least 30 miles per hour. when i got up to the summit point, i got off my bike and was nearly knocked off my feet because of how hard the wind was blowing. pretty cool if you are biking with the wind, painful if you are biking against it.

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