yes, once it gets warm, we like to avoid the trails too. You didn't even mention our two biggest fears on the bike trail. Small kids and dogs on long leashes.

The kids are out on a bike, they are just learning to ride, and they don't know about staying on one side or the other, so you can't trust them to stay where they are.
And the dogs.
I really wonder what people are thinking when they take their 10 pound dogs on a multiple use trail and then give them 10 feet to hang themselves with!!

I had a choice of flat and easy Burke-Gilman or Magnolia yesterday, and I took the hills of Magnolia because i knew it would be a lot more peaceful.
(and it was)

what kind of snake did you almost run over?