Hello From Florida!

[ehirsch83]

I am down in Ft.Lauderdale, but do ride up to Lake Worth on occasion(during base season at least once a week).

[wildhawk]

So nice to meet some fellow Floridians!! I wanted to do the tour of Sebring, but we are booked for that weekend - we penciled it in on our calendar for next year for sure - looks like fun! I think I will be up to the Bok Tower Century by that time too. We have signed up for Sunday, Oct. 5th to do the Rails to Trails ride at Withlacoochee State Trail in Inverness (We are doing the 50k) and then the Oct. 19th Share the Road Ride in St. Pete (20 mi.) and the Ride with the Stars (25 mi.) at Fort Desoto in Dec. - Busy schedule for fall, but we are chalking it up to further training for us for the MS150 next May. We need the experience of group riding too. My husband has ridden in the MS before, but I am a newbie when it comes to riding in groups. I really hope to meet some of you in person sometime - thanks for the warm welcome!

[katluvr]

I should see you at the Withlocochee ride...I'll be there as always. It is such a great trail.
And the Share the Road Ride essentially is the north and south routes of the St. Pete Bike Club as well as my usual routes. Pretty nice for tooling around St. Pete.
Glad to hear you will be out and about! Maybe I'll see you out!

[Jallora]

My husband and I both ride. We live in Ocala, so we ride on the Withalacoochee Trail and the Hawthorne - Gainesville Trail a lot. We won't be at the Withalacoochee Trail Ride on the 5th though, because we're doing the Race for the Cure at Disney. I've done that every year with my best friend since she lost her sister to breast cancer, so I can't miss it even though I would love to do that ride. I'll be doing the little 10 mile breast cancer ride from the Ocala Bicycle Shop the following weekend though if any of you guys are going to do that.

[wildhawk]

Howdy Jallora!
We will be in Orlando on Sept. 20, but at a car show (one of our other interests). I hope to meet you sometime on the trail - this will be our first cycling on the Withlacoochee Trail, but we have camped and hiked near there before. Good luck with your cancer ride - our goal is the MS150 next year, but we are hoping to get in some smaller charity rides too. I lost my Mom and Dad to cancer so I know how important that is. I lost a dear friend who suffered from MS a few months ago so I will be wearing an armband with her photo on it for the MS150. Nice to meet you!

[Jallora]

Hi Wildhawk. My hubbie and I are signed up to do the MS150 on Sept 20th....if we can raise the funds. Right now we're still short of the minimum. We're planning on only doing the Saturday portion of the event, but we're going to do 100 miles. The fundraising goals have been tough to make this year though with everyone being tighter on funds. If we don't get it this year, hopefully we can do it next year.