Discovery of Bike Touring

My brother and I are in our early 60’s and wanted to do something outstanding before the time to do so was gone. I had backpack in my earlier years and have always wanted to hike entire Appalachia Trail, but with arthritis and knee problems, hiking is difficult. I got a bicycle for exercise and found that it doesn’t hurt my knee, and I love riding.  So we decided to make an extended bike tour. We started ambitiously with plans to bike from Jacksonville to Key West, over 500 miles. I expected that it would be this great unique accomplishment of two older men. Then we started researching the route and what it would take to do it. In our research we found a whole new world on crazyguyonabike.com. Not only did I feel very naïve, but a little bit stupid when I realized that what we are planning is nothing to what many people are doing. I am still looking forward to our trip, and it will still be an accomplishment for us.