Bike Florida: The Fun Coast Tour

Day 2 - Monday, March 19, 2007

On Monday we rode from DeLand to Flagler.
Our first rest stop will be at Spring Garden Ranch, the country's largest horse training facility.

Today, I rode with John and Sandy.

Sandy and John, in a perfect paceline.

A trotter at the Spring Garden Ranch.

Bonnie, Terry and Sandy.
After getting dropped by Sandy and John, this guy gave me a tow.
When we stopped at the rest stop, Sandy who is 67 and I am 41 asked Terry how old he was (my cut off was 55). He turned out to be 57 (with 4 grand children).
Sandy and I wound up sharing this guy and riding with him all week. Though Sandy eventually "won" him at 30 mph on Day 6.

My bike gets a gear tune up after some fierce head winds where the small ring is definitely needed.

Crystal rides the ride.

Nice group.

I ate lunch with these nice folks from Naples, yesterday.
She had a Bikesenjava jersey on.

When you do the mileage, there is always some sort of construction.
Though I was hoping to be able to stop, and we just had to slow down.

Good place to un-numb my feet.

Can you tell that I am getting tired?
The camp site turned out to be just over 95. But this is where I should've stopped at Publix and gotten that sandwich.

The camp ground in Bulow.
I was originally told that our hotel was another 7 miles away.

Veloblog.org: John, Ian and Larry escorted me to our hotel which turned out to be less than 2 miles away.

After a pitcher of Amber Bock, by the time Rita showed up, I was hammered.
These guys from NC made nice dinner and traveling companions for the rest of the trip.

Finally, sunset.

This day could've wound up being the worst, but it wound up with a very good ending.
I got reacquainted with some NY knowledge: If you are hungry and you see a Publix; eat. If you pass a bathroom and you have to go, go and fill up your water bottles. And don't listen to folks, even though they might live in the area, you looked at the map, trust your instincts. I got some false information, but in the end it all turned out OK.