Bike the Florida Keys! Combine your love for cycling with your love for the water and the outdoors!

Senior Cycling offers a number of bicycle tours. They sound like fun; but there’s one big precaution. Be sure there isn’t a hurricane prowling around! That could wreck your ride in a hurry.

Distance-wise, the tours seem easy; and the terrain is mostly flat. I think I’d like to bike the Florida Keys! 

I suppose these tours are held in January to minimize the chances that a hurricane will interfere with them. In addition, holding such a tour in Summer would very likely present a serious chance that riders will suffer from heat-related illnesses. These tours are aimed at older riders, after all, who may be suffering from chronic conditions as diabetes.

SAG support is included, which might mean that bottles of water will be available.

Even so, I would be sure to bring my Camel-Bak. Then I could be more sure that I wouldn’t run out of water.

The description of Bike the Florida Keys doesn’t seem to say anything about wind conditions. I checked Google, and it says that the wind in the Keys is usually “calm”; maybe a bit over 9 mph. That’s not exactly my idea of calm, but all the same it’s not bad.

This is yet another “maybe someday” ride. If I ever get to bike the Florida Keys, let’s hope I don’t get so keyed up with excitement that I crash.