Biking in the new year
You might get the idea that I had abandoned the blog. Don’t worry. I was thinking the same thing, but have not abandoned the blog. Obviously the theme will change a bit as it will focus more on general bicycle touring rather than that so distant transcontinental adventure.
Shortly after that trip, we both vowed that we would never do anything that long again. We generalized and didn’t even bicycle for some time. But now, we are thinking of taking our bicycles down to Florida and doing a short tour. We will be there earlier than the Bicycle Florida organized trip, but since we will be in that general vicinity, we are thinking of replicating that ride.
The amount of rail trails appeals to us, but we know little about road conditions and traffic off the trails. Initial research doesn’t show too many map resources and certainly not a bike map of Florida.
It’s time to post to a touring board and get some input from members who have toured the area. Florida is a looooong drive from Upstate New York, but it’s easier to take our bikes with us in a car rather than packing them for a plane ride and paying the fees that almost amount to another passenger fare.
I am going to the Cruise3Sixty conference in Fort Lauderdale and then going on a cruise aboard MSC. After this, we will visit a friend who lives near Tampa and then go bicycling in that part of Florida.
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