Old man milking coconut tree

Crabbing Part 2

Beach House

Guintubdan2

Our Boats 2 and 3

Made it to Hollywood

I made it to Hollywood. I rode a total of 404 miles. Jerry is joining me for the last leg to Key West. That is about 200 miles. We will leave Jan 3, 2013

Resuming Tour - November 29, 2012

I am resuming my bike tour on Thursday. I am back on Amtrak November 29 to Deland. I haven't contacted any of the warmshowers or couchsurfing host that I had previous made request with. I have made no arrangement for places to stay. I plan on traveling on a very flexible schedule. I will make request as I travel.

I boxed my bike this morning and am all ready to go, except mentally. I have a lot of pain in my joints and muscles. I live with the pain, so I hope that it doesn't become a real factor. I hope that by being on a less planned schedule, that if I have an exceptional hard day, then I will just do less or take a day off. I have a much lighter load this time. My bike weight 38 pounds, (I cut 2-3 pounds off it) and my load is 38 pounds, (down about 20 pounds). That includes everything except the water. It also is easier to pack everything in the panniers. We have been having some cool weather, or I would have got rid of a few more items, and cut the weight by an additional 2-3 pounds. The cooler weather should help with the ride, and we have also been having less wind. The breeze that we have had the last few days have been from the NNE. I am riding south, so I hope the wind will stay cooperative. On my previous attempt, I had a strong head wind and it continued to increase as Hurricane Sandy moved up the coast. On the evening of my last day of riding, the wind gust were above 50 MPH. Being right on the beach, it was a constance wind that I couldn't ride into. Fort Lauderdale still has an area of A-1-A closed because of Sandy. I hope that I don't run into other areas that are closed.