During Spring 2015, a group of friends and I will be touring the entire east coast from Key West, Florida to Bar Harbor, Maine, approximately 2,500 miles in total, following the Atlantic Coast route created by the Adventure Cycling Association. This will be a self contained fully loaded bike tour which means I'll be carrying around 45 lbs. or so. I'm looking forward to experiencing the east coast like never before. With this blog, I plan to post pictures as we progress using the BlogPress APP on my mobile phone. Let's see how it goes and wish me luck. On a bike tour such as this, our daily challenges and not necessarily in this order, will be our physical condition, food, shelter, traffic, navigation, and weather. The above picture was taken during my Southern Tier crossing of the U.S. in spring of 2008. Bike touring requires a specific mind set and a passion.

Friday, March 27, 2015

To Ormond Beach

The weather report for today called for thunder and lightening and 80% chance of rain by late afternoon. That was the motivation needed for a 7:30 am start by the gang and a steady pace throughout the day. Getting 9 riders moving after a stop usually takes a little more time than smaller groups. Lucky for the gang, everyone gets along with one another and have done tours together in the past. I'm the newbie in this group in regards to long loaded bike tours together. I've done many loaded tours but not with this gang. So far, so good and I couldn't be happier. We almost beat the rain today, but rode the last mile and a half or so to the Best Western in Ormond Beach under a downpour. Total mileage is now at @530, 66 miles today.






























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