June 20, 2006 We had such a fun easy ride today, with only one challenge – the bridge right outside the island. It’s a four-mile bridge, and reaches impressive heights, at least to a bicyclist who’s not at all fond of heights. I had to talk myself up this one –you can check out a …
June 19th, 2006 Chelsea and I got a great early start today, and still had tail winds. What a treat! The terrain was as flat as could be and we sailed west right along the Perdido Key, headed up towards Gulf Shores, and then west again on Ft Morgan Parkway. We had beautiful views of …
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June 18th, 2006 We reached a milestone! We are in Alabama! Florida is such a big state, that we had begun to feel like we would never get out of the state. But here we are in Orange Beach AL. The day was much tougher than we expected, especially after our “high” of yesterday. The …
June 17th, 2006 We rode 71 miles today! It’s hard to believe, but we ended up having one of our best days right after one of our hardest. Wow, was it hard to get out of bed this morning! After a few days running of heat and hills and wind, we were heading out armed …
June 16th, 2006 Today was a much tougher day. We started out from the Winn Dixie early, but the heat started in right away. We’ve noticed that the heat/humidity combination is really a killer. We reached Chipley early, and took a great break at the Chamber of Commerce there – we’ve gotten to where we …
June 15th, 2006 We made it today to Winn Dixie in Marianna, and with the heat building relentlessly, we decided to quit at 53 miles. We had great luck in finding a great local Mexican restaurant for an immediate lunch, and a few miles farther on, we found a reasonable motel. Chelsea and I spent …
June 14th, 2006 We’re back where we left off last Sunday, in Midway – it seems like a year has gone by in only a few days. We spent yesterday doing some much-needed work and making phone calls. Our planned appearances in the Panhandle were canceled because of Alberto, but we have re-scheduled them for …
June 12th, 2006 Today was a great FREMA meeting (Florida Real Estate Marketing Association). We had a record pre-registration, but the impending tropical storm kept some people away. The meeting was excellent, as usual. Chelsea and I wouldn’t miss these meetings unless we are thousands of miles away! We are seriously happy that the FREMA …
June 11th, 2008 We got a great start, but it was already 77 degrees and very high humidity when we left at 6:30 a.m. We got horribly lost in downtown Tallahassee, and ended up going an extra 5 miles in extremely steep terrain, and losing almost an hour. We were so glad to finally be …
June 10th, 2006 We had a wonderful ride today! We did over 65 miles, and loved nearly every bit of it. The hills are definitely getting steeper and steeper. We are doing many more of them, and we are starting to feel it in our knees and quads. We are now in Tallahassee!! We stopped …
