
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.

Spin class..................
![]() 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. ![]() Spin class.................. 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.
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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.
We have been training for 6 weeks and have logged almost 500 miles. Beth and I will be riding in a 7 day, 400 mile bike ride in Northwest Florida to raise money to send students to summer camp who cannot afford the cost on their own. It is a life changing week of fun, fellowship, and spiritual growth. Lives are impacted and changed. We have been riding in all over - Plant City, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Gulfport, the beaches, Dunnellon, all over. Please help us to help the kids
You can donate at www.cyclecharity.com Thanks! ![]() BF20 is a fully supported week-long mass tour that starts and ends in Palatka, FL. The tour consists of 4 layover days and 3 travel days. The Host cities for our layover days are Palatka, Daytona Beach and St Augustine. More than just great riding BF20 includes nightly celebrations and guest speakers. 2014 is Bike Florida’s 20th Anniversary and we plan to celebrate in style at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, America’s oldest city. Day 1 Saturday March 22nd Palatka, FL 4 great rides, 2 fully supported, a 53 and 70 mile route, 2 self guided, a 7.5 and 29 mile route, downtown Association “Cruise In” Car Show, live music by the Weeds of Eden and our first Beer Garden 7th and 8th Street, Downtown Palatka Settled in today and nice ride. We will be here 2 nights then on to Daytona Beach. Day 2 Sunday March 23nd Palatka, FL 3 great routes, 35, 75 & 100 mile options to choose from. Guest Speaker Mark Lane, Columnist with the Daytona Beach News Journal and author of “Sandspurs” enjoy his humorous stories about Florida’s quirkyness at CL Overturf Auditorium Center 7 to 8pm Nice weather but a bit windy. Day 3 Monday March 24nd Palatka, FL to Daytona Beach Breakfast at the Ravine Gardens State Park 6am to 8am Travel Day to Daytona Beach 62 miles, Talent Show & Bike Florida Info at the Seabreeze HS Auditorium 7 to 8pm Rainy, windy and cold 63 mile ride. A very chilly and windy night. Day 4 Tuesday March 25 Daytona Beach In Daytona, 25 and 50 mile ride options, Dinner at Seabreeze Cafeteria Evening Beach Party 7pm We got to ride on the Daytona Speedway today, very cool. The wind has been horrible, 20-25 mph. 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. Day 6 Thursday March 27 out and about in St Augustine Layover Day in St Augustine, 45, 65 and 100 mile ride options - 20th Anniversary Party & Fallen Cyclists Fundraiser at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park Very nice and relaxing day. Celebrating our 43rd wedding anniversary (and my birthday). Day 7 Friday March 28 St Augustine back to Palatka
Back to Palatka to pack up and drive home ![]() 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. ![]() Thanks for your support! 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. Friday in Key West
54 Miles today 2231 Total miles 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.
28 Miles today 2177 Total miles 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. |
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