Winter Rides

For you riders who don’t have the privilege of living in South Florida, I know that this is the season where most of you have to store your bikes for winter while we here continue with the fun. However it can still feel pretty cold down here in the sunshine state during winter. If you’re used to winter temperatures in the teens you may not think that riding in 50 degree weather is a big deal, but for us it is.

You see our 50 degrees feels more like your 40’s. This is due to all the moisture in the air. (Remember we’re surrounded by water). Add to the fact that when you ride, it feels at least 10 degrees lower. So if you ride in Miami while the temperature is about 60 degrees, it can easily feel like its 40 degrees.

First Long Ride (Heading Home)

Sunday 7/6/08:

 

We woke up around 10 am today, feeling very relaxed, but we knew we had to get our butts up and going very soon as we had to return the keys to our RV by 11am. The morning felt fresh and just a little on the cool side, maybe 72 degrees. The entire campground was already filled with folks up and moving as almost everyone was checking out today.

 

Late last night I had seen 3 other bikes parked a couple of lots away next to a very expensive RV’s. There was another Harley parked behind our RV, but this morning all had already packed up and had taken off. My wife and I got the stuff we had carried in our backpack and put it in her sister’s RV so that we didn’t have to carry anything on our way back. After we got all set, we went to the little cafeteria and had breakfast. This KOA campground is definitely one of the better organized and maintained in all of South Florida. I’ve been here about 4 times before and never had any complaints.