A1A, Beach front avenue… Rollin!

Posted on February 18, 2015 by anthonycaferro

Ok. Enough Vanilla Ice references there for all of our lifetimes.

First day out and it’s rainy what Floridians call “cold”. Meaning 60°. Loving it. Straight shot down from Hollywood into South Beach, plenty of horns and nasty comments because apparently not only can folks not drive, but they can’t read the sign that says “bicycles entitled to entire lane”. Whatever. I smile and wave. One of these days I’ll flash my badge to one of these types and pants will be pooped in.

Got a nice Cubano sandwich at Abuela’s cafe, then pushed on to camp out on an organic farm in Homestead. Even the sun came out in the afternoon. Not too shabby, feels great to be back on tour.

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☀️🚲👍💯

Posted on February 18, 2015 by anthonycaferro

72° at 11pm. Yes! The shift from -25° to that has me so speechless that I decided on using emoji for the subject of this post.

Arrived in FLL, met our Warm Showers hosts Dave and Leo, as well as their Couch Surfing guest Tim. A great pasta and meatball dinner ensued, followed by some of Leo’s world famous deserts. (Seriously, he’s such an amazing baker that they throw an annual party where he whips up dozens of various deserts, including 5 types of flan!). With food and wine in the belly, the next step was unboxing and re-assembling the old warhorse and packing up the saddlebags.

Presto chango, I’m now back in bike mode, ready to hit the open road tomorrow and live life outside and under my own power. Nothing is more proper. Stay tuned.

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Arrivals

Posted on February 16, 2015 by anthonycaferro

Happy to say that my beloved touring bike has arrived in Florida. Hopefully FedEx took care of the precious cargo, considering all the money they accepted from me to ship it. Next up, my turn. Can’t wait to get out of the -27° weather here; I’ve even quit shoveling snow because – quite simply – I just don’t care anymore. Sunshine state, see you soon.

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