Coast-to-coast ride
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May 07, 2021
The Celebration!
Walking with bikes, friends, and family to the St. Augustine Beach to dip our tires in the Atlantic ocean. A perfect end to a wonderful experience!
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May 07, 2021
2021-05-03 Day 53
Final day! We reach St. Augustine! Today is the day! We complete the ride and move on with the rest of our lives. After 52 days and about 2,900 miles, we are going to ride 35 miles today to St. Augustine beach and dip our front wheels into the Atlantic ocean. – the bookend […]
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May 07, 2021
2021-05-02 Day 52
Last big ride!!! After over 2,900 miles, we finally see an alligator! One last big push today – 80 miles. That will make a total of 300 miles in the past 4 days. On a bright note, our destination today is a hotel, which is always a little easier than camping or an indoor […]
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May 07, 2021
2021-05-01 Day 51
May Day! Al … most … there …! It is May Day and all the riders were greeted with a thoughtful flower in the morning. The campground setting was very nice and it was fun to see the row of bikes leaning against the fence – ready for the next day’s ride. The wild […]
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May 07, 2021
2021-04-30 Day 50
Another big mileage day. A great bakery in a historic town! We cross a river made famous by Stephan Foster. Today is another significant mileage day – just under 80 miles, most of which is on our beloved US 90. However, we do hit some interesting places along the way. The first place of […]
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May 07, 2021
2021-04-29 Day 49
A big mileage day. Heading into the big city! We are putting on a big push to finish the ride. The last 9 days of the ride do not have any rest days and we have several big mileage days. In fact, we cover 553 miles in these last 9 days with today being […]
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May 05, 2021
2021-04-28 Day 48
Leaving a historical town – DeFuniak Springs. The town of DeFuniak Springs has some history. There are a couple of unique things that we saw. The first was a public library – continuously running from 1887 to today in the same building – the oldest in Florida. It is situated on a lake fed by […]
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May 04, 2021
2021-04-27 Day 47
A New Food Truck. Putting in the miles on US 90. As I mentioned in previous posts, we get a new food truck to follow us and provide meals with each new state we enter. Florida – our 8th state – was no exception. Today is the first breakfast they served us and it […]
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May 04, 2021
2021-04-26 Day 46
A very short ride! Today, we had a very short ride – the shortest of the trip. It was only 31 miles. There were some options to go further – and many riders took that option to ride longer. I personally selected to take a “slight” rest day and do the short ride to […]
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May 04, 2021
2021-04-25 Day 45
A Ferry Ride. Mullet Throwing contest. US Naval Air Museum in Pensacola. Today starts with a ferry ride. A first for me and more unique because it is on a bicycle. The schedule is strict – and so we were all up and at the ferry launch 30 minutes before launch. But … the […]
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