Category: Florida trips
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39 Hours in South Florida to see the Brightline, March 4- 5, 2019
$148.00 round trip nonstop (including luggage) from Raleigh/Durham to Fort Lauderdale on a decent airline (Southwest) was too good a deal to pass up. It had been cold and rainy in North Carolina. I could have two full days of bike riding down there with only one night in a hotel, because the…
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South Florida, Jan 22-25, 2018
Despite the fact that I try to travel as much as possible, I actually hate to fly. Turbulence weirds me out. Nevertheless $ 127.00 round trip Raleigh/Durham to Fort Lauderdale was too good a deal to pass up. And it was nonstop, only about two hours on Southwest Airlines. My friend Lyman…
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Northwestern Florida Beaches, Dec. 2 – 5, 2017
The Gulf Coast beaches of northwest Florida and Alabama are the prettiest beaches in America. The sand is blindingly white, the water crystal clear. Amazing. The human built environment here is more variable. While some areas are quite nice, a lot of the development is astonishingly ugly. This is a completely different…
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Food tour: Orlando to Tampa to St. Petersburg, March 6-10, 2017
The weather was nice and Amtrak fares are low and refundable, so I took the opportunity to go down to Florida once more. Tootie drove me and the folding bicycle to the Cary NC Amtrak station. It was FOOD that seemed to be the center of all the major experiences on this trip. …
urban bicycle journeys 