New route home's a dream...

...well, it involves a street named Dreamland.

Does that count?

A huge thanks to fellow bicycle commuter Phil Yantis for suggesting a great new route home that allows me to spend more time on residential streets and bicycle lanes.

It's yet another sign that just when you think you've got that perfect route home, you find something new and potentially much better.

An analysis of this route versus a couple of other routes I was using suggests that this route adds a bit more elevation gain and a little less than a 1/2 mile of additional length.

The reward? A brief interaction with traffic near my employer followed by miles and miles of light traffic residential streets (Dreamland has a shoulder as big as the lane of traffic!) and bicycle lanes (Wurzbach Parkway and Blanco Road).

Dreamland Road is a cyclist's dream

So, for the moment, this is my new, favorite route home.

...until I find something better, of course.

:-)