Beautiful vistas of lakes dotting the rolling countryside made cycling to Clermont serene and peaceful. Lightly traveled roads made the ride one of the nicest rides I’ve experienced in Florida in several years. Passing so many lakes, some small, some large, reminded me of cycling in Minnesota. Only the live oaks draped with Spanish moss…
Category: Adventure Travel
Bed for a Bicycle
Every Italian racing bicycle should have it’s own bed. Actually, I couldn’t find a good place in the RV to store the bike. I certainly wasn’t going to hang the bike outside on the bike rack that is holding the mountain bike. I am staying for a week near Clermont and Mt Dora, northwest of…
J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Here are some photos taken while bicycling through the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island in Florida. This wildlife refuge is one of 560 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The System, encompassing over 150 million acres, is the nation’s largest network of lands and waters managed specifically for wildlife. Jay…
The Cats Meow
This is the first real excursion in the motorhome. The first two trips were mostly checkout/shakedown trips. We are on Sanibel Island, located near the southern tip of Florida’s Gulf Coast. We are staying in a quaint RV park. Most of the units here are mobile homes occupied by either full time residents or snowbirds….
Fort De Soto Park
Fort De Soto Park is actually a chain of five interconnected islands, or keys. The picture is of Mullet Key, I am staying on St. Jean Key. Then rest of the park is made up of St. Christopher Key, Madelaine Key, and Bonnie Fortune Key. This land is essentially where the southern tip of Pinellas…