If your on vacation and your on a motorcycle all you can ask for is sunny weather and we had a full day sun for our fun. Yes it got a little warm in the afternoon, but who cares, it could be raining or something worse, I could be working!! We started out with a fast 30 mile sprint on I-4 into the Tampa area and rode across Howard Frankland Bridge. We road it into St. Petersburg and then we rode it back out for no other reason because I wanted to. We then jumped over to the Courtney Campbell Causeway to see the roadside beaches and to lead us into Clearwater. Did you know the Philadelphia Phillies do their spring training here. Nice place to train. Lot's of sun, warm weather, beaches, and bikini's, whoops did I say that? Oh well, the only way you miss'em is to close your eyes full time.
From Clearwater, Indian Shores, Boca, Bradenton, and Sarasota, I must say that what impressed me the most was all the public access to the beaches. Yes the white sand and the clear blue water was fantastic, but from what I have seen in my travels is that most public beach access is hard to come by when you have something like this that looks this nice. Big money and people that retire usually buy it all up and there is nowhere to park or to get on the beaches. Very nice indeed. Lori went ahead and informed me that this winter, this will be her first pick to visit on a weekend getaway. This time we will fly!
Tonight after getting back from the days ride, there was about a 40 minute rain shower, which gave Princess enough time to nap and recharge her battery. We decided that we would go to Olive Garden, her favorite restaurant, to celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary. Dinner was nice and afterwords, she even made me take her shopping again. The price we pay!
This was are last official planned ride to see anything in Florida and starting tomorrow we will start are 2 day, 600 mile track to Helen, Ga. There I have 4 rides planned that total close to 580 miles of riding. Tomorrow also sounds like it could be a wet ride depending on how fast this approaching cold front from Tennessee and Georgia sinks into Florida. Still sounds like a late afternoon event, but mother nature will do what she does whenever she wants to. If all goes well, we will be sitting in Tallahassee Florida by 3 or 4pm before the rain hits.
Today’s mileage = 241
Total for the trip = 3776
Day 17 at EveryTrail
Map created by EveryTrail:GPS Geotagging
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