Originally Posted by sbhikes
It's up to you whether you take the lane, the bike lane or the freeway.
Eastbound, I'd probably be just a bit to the right of the white line on the street pictured. In this case, I don't see any advantage to taking the freeway when this route is just as convenient.
Originally Posted by sbhikes
I'm not sure where the Adventure Cycling map would have led you. Did you get on the freeway past the old Miramar hotel (had blue roofs but now is under construction) and get back on the surface streets in Summerland, or did you have to go up Ortega Hill road? if the latter, then you probably took this route, and you probably took it before they widened the road and put in the bike lane. It's very new.
Checking my maps, I went up Ortega Hill Road. I remember the road next to the freeway was pretty narrow, it was probably this one before the widening.