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Now, for a few housekeeping notes concerning tomorrow morning's Around The Sound ride. We start at 7am leaving from Fish and Wildlife and will maintain a moderate pace until the first rest stop. We'll head south across 3 Mile Bridge and loop through Gulf Breeze. (If you don't like riding across the bridge, meet us in GB at the south end of the bridge around 7:20am or so.) After cruising through the National Park, we'll take parallel roads to 98 to our first rest stop off Soundside. At this point, the short route group will turn around and head back using pretty much the same route for a total of about 40 miles.
The longer route group will continue around the Santa Rosa Sound using either East Bay Blvd or Hwy 98 with a rest stop on Navarre Beach just before heading across "The Desert Road" to Pensacola Beach. I'm sure there will be no speed limit along this stretch as the group will have the hammer down!
Important Note: The National Park Service has lowered the speed limit for approximately 5 miles along the "Desert Road" from 35mph to 20mph in honor of the nesting birds. Be careful! I met a cyclist from Minnesota last year who received a ticket from a NPS Ranger who had clocked him at 25mph in the 20mph speed limit zone. Evidently, they are quite serious about the Arctic Terns and their baby terns and will ticket even cyclists! And it was an expensive ticket. I guess the Federal Government may need the money?! (I'm not badmouthing the Rangers here, I was one myself in California in the 1980s! I'm trying to keep us from getting a ticket!)
We will regroup at the Circle K next to Flounder's Restaurant in Pensacola Beach before heading back across the bridges. All told, should be about a 60 to 65 mile day for the long route group. And don't worry about the recent storm damage...I did a little recon yesterday and all roads are clear with the exception of some sand on the shoulder/bike lane. We are good to go!
See you out on the road,
Bob
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