Beaches and Glades
Today was another great day for riding in South Florida and the group at 360Bikers took advantage of it. A few people either met or tried to meet at my house at 7:30. A couple didn’t realize that after being up since 5:30 I was ready to leave at the appointed time. I got razzed about that at breakfast, but we all ended up at Denny’s in Boca Raton for breakfast. That little 30 mile ride was a nice warm up for the day ahead.We stopped for gas and recorded the video above. It was the first attempt at recording from the Harley and I found that the vibration level made it less than effective. I’ll have to look into a cure for this problem.
With everyone topped off, we left for A1A and the beaches through half of Broward County down to I-595. We had a great ride and detoured to take a few pictures (Thanks Bryan). We rode across a few bridges and eventually to the concrete slab to go west. The beach ride in Broward is not nearly as scenic as it is in Palm Beach County. The area is so built up that there’s little view of the ocean and the residential areas are extremely commercial. You won’t see mansions like on Palm Beach or Jupiter Island, but lots of high-rise condos.
After hitting I-595 we rode with traffic until I-75. There, the number of cars decreased drastically. We saw lots of other riders out today. It was the perfect day for riding.
Switching to US-27 we found even less traffic, which was part of the idea. We avoid heavy traffic areas for both safety and comfort. On our way north we saw a few sport bikes racing with “lookout” riders along the road. They had to be doing 150 MPH if they were moving at all.
We stopped in Belle Glade for some refreshments and for those high-consumption bikes to refuel. On the way home we each peeled off the group as we approached home. Personally, I got home and had to cook soups for several hours. While sitting down at the end of the day I really realized how relaxing the morning had been. This was a great ride!