Posted on March 30, 2008 by lschaible
Destination: Fat Daddy’s, 10135 SE Sunset Harbor, Summerfield FL
Ride type: Lunch/Dinner, Loop
Total miles: 170 miles roundtrip
Travel time: 4 hours roundtrip
Overview of the Ride
This ride is a quick jaunt for some chow. Even though the destination is pretty close, this route gives you a nice two hour run from Orlando, keeps you away from the Villages [...]
Filed under: 3 to 4 Hours, Lake County, Orange County, Restaurants, Rides | Tagged: beer stop, dinner, lake weir, lunch, orlando | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2008 by lschaible
Spring’s coming on, and in Florida, March means pollen counts in the 9 to 10 range (considered high to very-high). Riding when you have pollen allergies can be miserable, and dangerous. I try to stay off any kind of medication when I’m riding, because there’s nothing worse than feeling drowsy or blurry-eyed on the [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2008 by lschaible
Florida
Ride to the Wall…Southern Style
This second annual event leaves Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Harley-Davidson the morning of May 22nd. This is a police escorted ride. A pre-ride party will be held at the dealership on the 21st. Pre-registration ends April 30th.
Packages depend on accommodations and food preferences at dealerships. All include a t-shirt, patch, gas [...]
Filed under: Benefit Rides, National Events, Rides | Tagged: annual event, Daytona HD, Ride to the Wall, rolling thunder, Savannah HD, Shenandoah HD, Tilley's HD | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 10, 2008 by lschaible
Riding down for Bike Week is great. There are bikes everywhere, people everywhere, drinking everywhere, and sometimes bad things happen. So, rather than warn everyone, I thought I’d share a couple of handy map mash-ups from the folks at OrlandoSentinel.com.
First – Bears!! I’m with Stephen Colbert on this one: we’re all still in [...]
Filed under: Events, Florida Events, Restaurants, Rides | Tagged: bears, Brevard, Ocala National Forest, Restaurant Inspections, Seminole, Volusia | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 25, 2007 by lschaible
Good books with decent maps are hard to come by. They’re either too long on copy and too short on route information, or just spend too much time on being a tourist guide book than on being a book for riders.
I love to take a good ride book with me and bust it open [...]
Filed under: Books, Reviews, Rides, Touring | Tagged: Georgia, maps, North Carolina, road trips, Tennessee, weekend trips | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 25, 2007 by lschaible
Destination: Backwoods Smokehouse, 888 County Rd. 310, Interlachen FL
Ride type: Lunch/Dinner, Loop
Total miles: 236 miles roundtrip
Travel time: 6 hours roundtrip
Overview of the Ride
If you haven’t been through the Emeralda Conservation area, you’ve missed out on some great Florida scenery. Emeralda Island road has some surprising sites, like a red pick up with antlers, and some [...]
Filed under: 6 to 8 Hours, Citrus County, Orange County, Restaurants, Rides | Tagged: BBQ, dinner, lunch | 2 Comments »
