More riding on the coast



156k on Wednesday on the coast, from Port Saint Lucie to Melbourne and back to Vero Beach where my sister picked me up. I had a side side wind all the way up which wasn't that bad, but of course as I turned around to head back the wind was on my head all the time #$%%%
bottI figured it was around 60k wind judging by the speed, but having the amazing view of the beach on one side during the entire ride, the wind wasn't going to ruin my ride :-))). Riding at sea level feels way easier, although I drank twice as many water bottles.. I left the house with two bottles, then stopped to buy two more and then another stop for three more.. I passed through a few state parks that looked awesome this time of the year, I can't picture myself camping with plus 30c, no way. I love the weather in Alberta year round, almost always cools down at night and you can sleep without ac.
I also had a few stops on open bridges, pretty cool to see ::--)))))
 The shoulders are not that wide, but the A1A was not busy at all, I even saw a few turtles crossing the road that reminded me how slow I was riding today... After getting back to Vero Beach texted my sister and she was at the mall almost done for the day, the mall was about 7 miles west and I had to take SR60 which was quite busy, between side walks and skinny shoulders I made it there save and sound :-))) trowed the bike inside the SUV and done.  
 
  

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