My annual tradition of a winter ride in the sunshine state continues! Unlike past years, I’m shaking things up with the start and focusing on a coastal ride along the East Coast Greenway before turning inland. But the Florida Coast is the name of the game for this adventure, and on this episode we preview the ride!
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Florida Coast Preview
The ride
Jacksonville to WDW over 4 days!
East Coast Greenway!
A ferry!
Mostly coastal riding with the ocean over my left shoulder (who knew?)
Revisting the Florida Coast to Coast Trail
Riding all the way to my finish line resort at WDW (no Lyfts at the end this time!)
The gear
Brompton
3 days of camping
Backpack mode with front pannier (same as last year)
Keeping things minimal as the camping gear takes up some room
No stove
Details
JAX-St. Augustine
St. Augustine – Daytona
Daytona – Lake Monroe
Lake Monroe – WDW
Highlights
Day 1 St. Johns ferry and St Augustine
Day 2 All coastal riding to Daytona
Day 3 Reuniting with the FLC2C trail and camping at the free Lake Monroe campground
Day 4 Eff it we’re doing it live! Another thrilling ride into the belly of the beast errr Mouse and then celebrating by flying the Falcon and drinking blue milk and hitting the cantina
Potential issues
I need this trip more than I’ve ever needed a bike adventure so there’s a lot of mental energy riding on this one… so you just KNOW shit will go sideways!
Have not gotten the Brompton checked and likely won’t have an opportunity as I have only a day or two in DC before I fly down to JAX. What could possibly go wrong?
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Music
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