Expedition

I met one of my coworkers this morning at Grove Park and we set out on
an expedition to find the elusive Southwest Passage, a land route across
I-80 to get to the Bay Trail. We worked our way down Ashby, running
through tall grasses and over rugged sidewalks, and received a momentary
setback when a person sleeping under a bridge in a wheelchair blocked
our path. We resolutely continued on, running in the street, but when
we reached I-80 we found that there was no way across, so we gave up.

Jacob headed home, and I turned south into Emeryville. Emeryville is an
enclave west of Oakland that, if covered, would rival the Mall of
America for Pure Shopping Enjoyment. There's no roller coaster, though,
and no underground tunnels either. It is also the home of Pixar. About
8000 people live there, all in new, brightly colored apartments and
condos, along fake Main Streets. It wasn't a bad place to run, since traffic
was light at 7 am, but it suffers from disappearing sidewalk syndrome.
On the way home, I passed through a warehouse district between E'ville
and B-town that included a State Farm office for hipsters and some other
interesting establishments (the Co-op Kitchen?).

I didn't map the run, but I'll call it 6.5 miles in 51:53.