Florida finale’

We whipped around the tip of the peninsula and had an amazing time!  Our toes got stuck in the sand for several days in The Keys.  And then we dashed […]

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Working our way across the “Deep South” of the USA!

We have been in 4 states in the past week, and they all have a few things in common: 1. bugs  (gnats, mosquitos, maybugs, spiders, ticks) 2. rain (unexpected, sneak attacks […]

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Mexico Beach…

We left Tampa behind us and headed for US 19, rather than follow the quicker Interstate 75. I wanted to see more of the quieter side of the countryside, and despite Patricia’s misgivings that it was going to take too long to hug the coast all the way to New Orleans, in the end we [...]

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Key West to Tampa…

Before we left Key West, there was one last thing we still had to do… Normally, of course, I would have ridden up onto the sidewalk to take the photo, but there were already a small crowd of people gathered there, and a police officer keeping an eye on things. He did not like me [...]

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Key West…

Key West is all about fun in the sun…..with a rum, of course !! (or three !!) That about sums it up for most people I think, judging by the amount of business the bars and restaurants do here !! For the most part this blog is filled with photos we took there of the [...]

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To the Southernmost Point…

We were on the road by 7.00 am, riding as hard as the traffic laws would allow, trying to get as much mileage under our belts before the sun got to “baking mode”… I came very close to running out of fuel at one point and limped into Vero Beach on fumes. Patricia was waiting [...]

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Into Florida…

I left Brunswick half an hour before Patricia and arranged to meet her south of Jacksonville. She had some last minute stuff to sort out, and I was quietly melting in the Georgia heat, which came a’calling earlier than it usually did… Rusty and his blind dog came over to share a...
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