I might do a Tour de Ox 9. The idea started because the San Mateo Location doesn't have great bike parking so I was scouting other locations. The Fremont and Cupertino locations do. I ended up choosing Fremont because it was going to be a more car-free experience. It was great on the way over. A big section of Alameda Creek Trail has been smoothly repaved east of 880, almost all the way to Isherwood Pkwy where I turned off. As is often the case, the headwind on the way back felt worse than the forecast. The headwind getting out to the levee was the worst part that soften my legs (and spirit) up. It was a glorious tailwind down the levee but after that it was soul-sucking headwind. I thought about going inland in the hopes of having less headwind than by the bay but I the last thing I wanted was to still have the headwind and have the added annoyance of cars and more climbing. By the time I got back to San Carlos, I was really hating riding and regretted not routing the other thought I had of continuing around the bottom of the bay and taking Caltrain home instead. I just checked and it would've been the same distance if I had gone to Caltrain and it would've been a lot less headwind.