Roughing It

Stayed at college friend Doug Newman's condo in Naples yesterday. This is the clubhouse. Back on the road tomorrow. Thanks to Doug and Sue.

Heading North

Leaving Key West on the ferry to Fort Myers. Only a 50 mile ride today but the heat off the pavement was draining. Day off tomorrow and then heading North in earnest. 175 miles down, ?? to go.

Bridge to Fiesta Key

Shorter trip yesterday (57 miles) Had some minor mechanical difficulty, but found a Home Depot for parts. Tiki bar at the campground, $2.00 drafts. On to Key West this am to get the ferry to Ft. Meyers.

Home Sweet Home - Key Largo

Long ride yesterday, 68 miles. Temperature above average at 90. This was home last night. Hitting the road at 0830, destination Marathon. (For some reason photo is not loading on some browsers, but click on the little box to the left to view image)

Key Largo or bust

Left Coral Gables this am at 0930. Stay tuned.

Insert A into B

Bike back together with no left over parts. At the Corbishley household in Coral Gables (starting at a priest's house makes sense to me.
Plan is to head for Key West on Sat. Morning. Thanks to all for your GENEROUS support.

Ready or Not

Carbo loading at a bar in the Phila airport between flights to Florida. Pumped!!

Thanks to Syracuse Bicycle

Bike has arrived in Florida which makes this a good point to thank the owners and staff at Syracuse Bicycle for their support. In addition to a generous contribution to JDRF they tuned up my bike and let me work with one of their mechanics to learn some finer points of maintenance. I've had my maintenance done there for a while so I can tell you they are very knowledgable. Don't be concerned if your not a racer. They are more than willing to work with all level of cyclists (even slow old guys)

It Begins (sort of)

Shipped my bike to Florida last week. This is what it looked like before I stuck it in the shipping box. I'll be shipping myself next Tuesday and as you can see I've got a lot of reassembly work to do before I can begin. Did you know that nearly 26 million Americans have Diabetes (8.3% of the population). You can help!!