Headed out for more Florida State Parks
February 13 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Packed and ready! 4 or 5 days visiting Florida State Parks, HOG Chapter ride, Steinhatchee Fiddler Crab Festival, and more parks.
The plan is to visit parks 38-52 in 3 days.
Daytona HOG Chapter to The Mason Jar
February 13 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Iris, Michelle, Tracey, me! We rode with about 30 other bikes from Teddy Morse Harley Davidson to Umatilla. Lunch place was very country. I had the BLT and greens. Really good!
Umatilla to Lake City
February 13 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Umatilla to Lake City - Some work at McDonald's before I hit the road. I stopped in Keystone Heights for fuel and put on my rain gear. Rain started less than 5 minutes after I was back on the road.Read more
Day 1 In The Books
February 13 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
247 miles
Mural in White Springs
February 14 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Great mural on the side of Suwannee Hardware and Feed
40 Stephen Foster Culture Center St Park
February 14 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Seeing the parks a bit out of order today because they’re spread out and numbered oddly. This is a beautiful park. It’s very quiet and I got some work done. There’s a park Ranger in his littleRead more
41 Big Shoals State Park
February 14 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
I first went into the park at the Little Shoals entrance. Then I took Road 1 to Big Shoals. 4 miles of gravel, sugar sand, streams running across the road, pine needles... but I did it! The Big ShoalsRead more
41 Big Shoals "Road 1"
February 14 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Gravel, sand, sugar sand, loose dirt, wood-chipper mulch, ponds, a stream running across the road, a tree down in the road...
My Heritage continues to identify as an adventure bike. Her pronouns areRead more
38 Madison Blue Spring State Park
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39 Suwannee River State Park
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42 Lafayette Blue Springs St Park
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Sea Hag Marina Shacks - #5 the Catfish
February 14 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
Day 2 is over and I'm exhausted. 136 miles, 4 of them off-road. I'm lucky I didn't puncture a tire. Or fall over.
First Steinhatchee stop - The Jiffy Store. 6 pack of Coors Light.
Then on to Sea HagRead more
Steinhatchee Fiddler Crab Festival
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Sunset & Fireworks from the Reed Bridge
February 15 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
I got a great spot on top of the bridge to watch the fireworks. They were launched from a barge in the river just east of the bridge. Great way to end the day. Rain is forecast for tomorrow. I coveredRead more
43 Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
February 16 in the United States ⋅ 🌩️ 73 °F
The wilderness trial sign I had mapped to take a picture of is no more, thanks to Hurricane Helene. Right now I'm holed up in the Mayo Cafe waiting out a storm. If I happen to see a sign for the trailRead more
44 Wes Skiles Peacock Springs St Pk
February 16 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 61 °F
The secondary spring at the first parking lot had two divers in it when I got there. They said it's about 130 feet deep. Lots of trees down, like everywhere, from Helene.
I followed the sign to theRead more
45 Troy Spring State Park
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46 Nature Coast State Trail
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47 Ichetucknee Springs State Park
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48 Ichetucknee Trace
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The Ichetucknee Trace is the historical route of the Ichetucknee River, which used to flow from Alligator Lake in Lake City to what is now the Ichetucknee Head Spring. The first purchase forRead more
49 O’Leno State Park
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