Category: Bike Tour

It was a little a bit cooler this morning at 6:30am that yesterday’s 57℉, but warm enough that changing into shorts for the day late in the pack-up process wasn’t excessively uncomfortable. Worse was that the clear still skies and 100% humidity left everything super-wet. Yesterday’s added rest day served us well though, and although…

Yesterday was filled with peaceful riding on farm roads, and today was filled with peaceful riding on bike trails. From the campground it was a short ride to a crossing of the Withlacoochee River (through some real deep-country homes down along its east bank), and then onto a trail of the same name. This is…

While Florida has surprised us with its excellent bike accommodations that make it comfortable to ride almost anywhere in the state, we’ve only had glimpses of what most of today’s ride was like: a classic Midwest-style bike-touring day down quiet farm roads. These were mostly roads with no bike facilities, because they don’t need to…

Our inland excursion is complete, and it’s time to head back to the Gulf Coast to continue tracing the coastline of Florida. Our immediate target is the manatees in Crystal River, and conveniently their waters spring right on the WNW line that one might take to return to the coast from Orlando even if they…

Our space heater was still valuable on our last morning at Disney World, with the cool and misty conditions heralding our eighth consecutive day of below-normal temperatures. Since we got even more use out of it than I expected, I wouldn’t have felt that bad adding it to a landfill, but I felt much better…