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A Week Around Florida: St. Augustine to Valdosta Day 7
Wind. That is the word of the day, really strong wind. In this post, we say a final goodbye to the beach at St. Augustine and head northwest toward the farm in Alabama. The weather had started to turn unfriendly due to a cold front that was sweeping across the country, so it was time…
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A Week Around Florida: Istokpoga to St. Augustine Day 6
There are certain days of the week when you have a particular routine you stick to as much as possible. Saturdays, in our home (mobile or stationary), are called Pancake Day. We have had Pancake Day for maybe 10 years now and it is just one of those traditions that stuck. Another thing we do…
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A Week Around Florida: Homestead to Okeechobee Day 5
On Day 5 we started off at our staging ground parking lot campsite near Homestead, which is the Miccosukee Casino parking lot. If you missed the update on Day 3, this is where we stayed on the way down to the keys, mainly because this is a pretty isolated area west of Miami, but they…
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A Week Around Florida: Key West to Homestead Day 4
Our fourth day on this circumnavigation trip took us from Key West to Homestead, Florida. We began the day, however, waking up to a beautiful sunrise at Bahia Honda State Park. It’s hard to even describe the view and peacefulness at this particular park, but it was amazing. Scott took a sunrise walk down to…
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A Week Around Florida: Tamiami to Bahia Honda Day 3
Day three of this maiden adventure for Loki had us driving from Homestead to Bahia Honda State Park. This day would provide our best surprise yet, as we made the very slow trek over Seven Mile Bridge and beyond. The day started from the parking lot of the Miccosukee Casino located in Homestead, just west…
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A Week Around Florida: Tampa to Tamiami Day 2
Our second day heading south started at our iOverlander trailhead parking lot just outside Inglis, FL. We were up pretty early and left in a deep fog before daylight. We headed over to a Pilot on I-75 to have breakfast and get ready to head towards the Keys along the west coast. We made it…
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A Week Around Florida: Auburn to Tampa Day 1
If you have been following our progress on the van you know we were ready to test everything out on a trip someplace warmer than South Alabama. Since there isn’t a whole lot of land south of South Alabama, Florida was it. We finally left on a freezing morning with frost covering all the windows…
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Weekend Drive to Pensacola and Gulf Shores
What started as a midday drive in Loki, our self converted camper van, to have lunch in a pretty spot about an hour away from the house turned into a 12+ hour drive down to the beach and back on a whim. We began our day by heading south to Eufaula, Alabama, planning to have…
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Riding Bikes Across the Pensacola Bay Bridge
There are so many unique places to ride when you really start hunting for them, and this was one of those rides. The Pensacola Bay Bridge (or three-mile bridge as it’s known locally) is a huge expanse over Pensacola Bay reaching 65 feet above the water. The best part is that they built this bridge…
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Gulf Shores Branyon Backcountry Trails
We finally made it back to the bicycle paths in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama after 15 years between rides. This would be our first ride of any significance on our newest e-bikes. The last time we rode these trails was about 15 years ago, see Gulf Coast Back Country Trail, and we had…
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