Due to the cold Floridian weather we have begun our training on spin bikes which is about as enjoyable as a trip to the dentist (no offense to dentist).

As the weather warms, we will hit the road 3-4 times a week as we train for a 7 day bike ride over on the east coast. Click Here to for more information about the ride.

We will be riding to raise funds for students to attend Summer Youth Camp. 100% of all money donated will go to the students. Summer camp is a life changing experience for many of our youth and with your help, we can insure everyone who wants to go can go.

Please help us make a difference in the lives of these young people. It costs $175 to attend the camp and if you could sponsor a student, that would be awesome. However, anything you could do would make a difference. You can donate on our home page.

A few pictures of some rides we have done in training.

Day 5 Wednesday March 26 Daytona Beach to              St Augustine

Travel Day to St Augustine 63 miles all into a strong (20-26 mph) headwind. Long and challenging ride. Chilly night camping.

Beth and I will be participating in the 2014 Bike Florida Tour. We will be riding 7 days beginning in Palatka, Fl riding to Daytona Beach then on to St Augustine and back to Palatka.

Here is the link to the Bike Florida website.

We will be raising money as we ride to send kids to summer camp. Many cannot afford the cost - $160 - and we would like to help.

Please consider sponsoring a child or donating whatever you can as every little bit helps.


You can donate at our website - Cycle Charity. We and the kids thank you.

55 Miles today   2286 Total miles

Our last day. The wind was favorable today. The ride over the seven mile bridge was one of the prettiest rides of the whole trip. The bridge is long and took us about 45 minutes to ride it. The view is worth the ride.
We had a lot of road construction and often both sides of the road were torn up. It was not bicycle friendly.
It was a very hot day and took us longer than we would have liked.

We ate lunch at another of our favorite places, Mangrove Mama's. It is mile marker 20 and a great place to eat.

We made it to the Southernmost Point around 2:00 and there were lots of people in line to get their pictures taken so we got in line.

Key West was packed due to Powerboat races going on and it is a busy time of the year.
We stayed at our favorite place to stay, The Pilot House, and ate dinner at our favorite restaurant, Blue Heaven, to celebrate.

We spent Friday relaxing and walking around until we caught the ferry from Key West to Fort Myers, where our son, Jason and his family,  brought our car to us.

The ferry ride was very rough and they handed out lots of barf bags. We had prepared with Dramamine ahead of time so we were good.

We got home at 1:15 am and we were greeted by two very happy doggies.

It is good to be home.

A nice ride with an awesome tailwind. We did have to dodge the rain a couple times but no big deal. Only a little more than 100 miles to go.  We are familiar with the Key Largo to Key West ride as we have done it twice before.   You really appreciate the beauty of the Keys when travelling on a bike.

We stopped at a bike shop, Backcountry Cowboy, to borrow an air pump and blow up our tires. We met the owners, Kristi and JC. They could not have been more helpful. Very nice folks.

We were staying with Jerry, a good friend of ours, who was nice enough to put us up and feed us lobster and steak. It was awesome. He has a beautiful home in Marathon on the water. He could not have been more accommodating.

We will be in Key West tomorrow – the last day of riding. Having mixed emotions – wanting to finish and not wanting to stop.

We are in Key West. We did not post last night - no WiFi. We are just posting this for now and we will post days 49 & 50 over the weekend when we get home. We are taking off the next few days from posting and are going to kick back and relax in Key West today and tomorrow. We catch the 6:00pm ferry tomorrow night and will be home late Friday night/early Saturday morning.

A short ride today of only 28 miles but they were difficult to say the least. The wind was unreal – 23 mph with gusts over 30. It was coming from the east and we were riding south so it was a cross wind. We were on the highway from Florida City/Homestead to Key Largo with nothing to shield us from the wind. We walked over 2 miles (took almost an hour) on the road & over a big bridge when we did not feel it was safe to stay on the bikes. When we approached Key Largo we began to ride west and the wind was behind us and it was awesome. We rode faster than we have ridden the whole trip.

We got into the hotel around lunch time and had a great lunch at Mrs. Macs – great place to eat. This is our 3rd time riding from Key Largo to Key West so we have some favorite places we like to eat. We will ride to Marathon tomorrow which is about 50 miles and stay with a good friend of ours, Jerry Wynn, who was kind enough to put us up for the night. We are looking forward to the east wind tomorrow as it is supposed to be a strong as it was today. As long as the wind is at our backs or in our face, we can ride safely. It’s the cross wind you have to watch out for.