Bike Touring on the East Coast: Ceder Point to Otway

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.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Ceder Point to Otway

Today it was 44 miles to Otway where we were intending to camp, instead the Otway House, a bed and breakfast run by Janice, was available so we opted for a roof overhead. A no brainer! Janice, a dog breeder and artist, is a delightful host and generous to us bike tourist and our needs, which are plenty. Thanks for everything Janice. I highly recommend the Otway House to all travelers, bike or no bike. Today's ride varied between the coast and just inland on mostly two lane roads that also varied in its business. Tomorrow we'll be in the outer banks. Hopefully the predicted weather front gives us a break. We are nearing a month on the road and everything has become a blur with respect to places visited and when we visited. Such is the nature of our travels.