Centennial Way in South San Francisco runs from the South San Francisco BART to San Bruno Bart. I parked on the access road to the Safeway shopping center along Chestnut. I didn't park in the parking lot because there are signs up that the parking spaces are for shoppers only.
I went in the direction of Orange Park, which the trail passes, and toward San Bruno. The first person I ran across was a man playing with a remote control car. Luckily I didn't hit it with my bike. Then I came across a muttering homeless woman who looked to be about 75 years old, and was crouched alongside the bushes surrounded by big black plastic bags. Then I rode by some parents with very young children on bikes. They were all over the trail and I couldn't predict where they were going to go next, so I nearly had to stop to get past them.
Next up was the dog park. It is fun to see people walking their dogs in the dog park. The dogs are happy, and the people seem to be in a good mood walking their dogs and chatting with each other. On the way back going past the dog park some people were leaving with really big dogs. I am glad their people held their leashes tight, because they barked and lunged and acted like they wanted to give chase.
As I crossed Orange Avenue heading south there was a rumpled guy sleeping on a bench. I rode past him and headed toward San Bruno Bart. I entered a fairly isolated area and I was alone there, so when I saw a man down the trail a way down from me who seemed to have unfriendly energy.... I turned around and went back the way I had come.
I would have felt a lot more comfortable on this trail if I wasn't there by myself. I think I will try the bayside trail in Burlingame next.
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