Florida Everglades Bike Trip, Greg Paul Ducati 996 BMW 650
Greg and I did a 200 mile round tripper today. Went deep into the Everglades past the Miccosukee Reservation. Stopped often, drove too fast. There are long stretches of straight low traffic roads through the everglades. So mostly we cruised at 85. I had to rest my left forearm on the tank in order to lean forward enough to get my torso out of the wind. The BMW isn't a good high speed cruiser (it's still fun though...all motorcycles are fun). When we were traveling fast there was no time to watch the scenery you have to keep your eyes ahead for cars or alligators crossing the road.


The pictures pretty much tell the story. Took some breaks. Stopped at Michael and Carmen's in South Miami. Allison called to tell me the furnace at home had stopped working. Steve W went over and fixed it. He saved the day. It was 49F in the house and 18F outside.
Got pulled over for speeding but Greg is a fireman and they let us go. 30 miles west of Dade Corners on RT41. It was a close call. The one officer said, "You are lucky you are with him or else you'd have gotten a ticket." Greg said he new right away they would be cool.