Category: Visited Places
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Key West and Key Largo
Read more: Key West and Key LargoWe arrived in Key West just before dinner last night. We are staying with Jim, who we met on Warm Showers. We had a delightful dinner at a local beach restaurant while watching some of the “local entertainment” on the beach. Unfortunately, due to its temperate climate, there are a fair number of homeless who…
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Puffie goes snorkelling
Read more: Puffie goes snorkellingAruba, jamaica ooo I wanna take you To bermuda, bahama come on pretty mama Key Largo, montego baby why dont we go (the Beach Boys) Becky keeps singing the kokomo song! I wish she would stop. I know we are in Key Largo, but really, she must stop soon! The day began with rain. It…
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A weekend in the Florida Keys
Read more: A weekend in the Florida KeysOur first order of business today was to get our bikes. The UPS website had each of them leaving Jacksonville last night at a different time, but this morning they all “went out for delivery” at the same time. The bike shop told us that they should arrive at around 2 pm, and lo-and-behold they…
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Welcome to Florida
Read more: Welcome to FloridaWe both slept rather late this morning (given that we went to bed before 10 pm). Our roomette bunks were comfortable, and the swaying of the train didn’t keep us awake. It appears that we both sleep well on trains. Hopefully that will translate to sleeping well on freighters too. After breakfast, the train made…
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Architecture in the Big Apple
Read more: Architecture in the Big AppleWe received notification this morning that our boat out of Florida is delayed a couple of days, so the new estimated departure date is October 3rd. This is actually a relief as it gives our bikes a little more time to arrive in Florida, and us a little more time to prepare for the boat…
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Hahvahd
Read more: HahvahdOur first order of business for the day was to get our bikes to the bike shop that would then ship them to Florida. The process turned out to be a little more stressful than we had hoped. The initial reaction of the guy in the bike was dismay. He wasn’t sure how he would…
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Boston bound
Read more: Boston bound88 km, 5.75 hours Our detour to find a hotel last night meant that we were in Massachusetts, but not on our planned route and without a map. Scott spent a couple of hours trying to figure out a good way to get into Boston and downloading tracks from the Coast Greenway. We were well…
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Bikes, bikes everywhere
Read more: Bikes, bikes everywhere95 km, 5.75 hrs We finally managed to get ourselves organized enough to get off to a reasonably early start. Not having Internet in the room certainly helped with the process! It also helped that our bikes fit into the room while still loaded, so it took us much less time to organize and pack…