7-mile Bridge Ride
Another sparkly sunrise at the Big Pine Key. Shortly after coffee, we debated whether to ride the 7-mile bridge and decided to drive up the road about 40 miles and meander back to camp with the idea that we would explore and perhaps shuttle back to camp. As it turned out, we explored, had a great lunch and all ended up riding the 7-mile bridge back to camp. A 42-mile ride was had by all. A good part of the ride was on the heritage trail with some road sections. The town of Marathon's wide sidewalk was kept us off the street, but driveways and street entrances about every 50 feet kept us on our toes. The bridges that were open sported many fishermen successfully bringing their catch to their ice chests. Flora and Fauna abounded. The seven-mile bridge had a 5 ft shoulder and traffic was well behaved. Our biggest hill of the day allows ships to glide underneath. The Heritage Trail bridge looked passable from our highway vantage point. Oops, that gap look...