Nice day for a ride today, although we've been in some kind of extended winter. We ordered some old fashioned long-johns are tried them out today.
Trip started out of Sarasota and headed east towards Arcadia. We avoided highway 52 as long as possible riding through the backside of Myakka. Even the 45 mph was cool even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky all day. It's about a 45 mile run to Arcadia, so we stopped at the courthouse to get some solar warmth. My lovely wife was nice enough to pose for some pics.
We jumped back on and headed south for the second leg -- towards Punta Gorda. We knew of a great Irish Pub down there and were thinking about some bangers and mash. Anyway, 35 miles later we were parked at the Celtic Ray and had some Tea, Coke and some great Irish Food.
Now we were warmed up once again and headed North on 41 back to Sarasota. Craziest thing happened... For the first 20 miles or so it was very warm. The cool air was gone and it almost felt like summer. But the closer we got to Sarasota, the cooler it got. Bummer.
So 125 miles or so and a lot of nice roads.
Hopefully we'll be losing our extended winter very soon. Next few trips will get us closer to the keys so stay tuned.
Dan & Julija
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