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Entry #50 day 41

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So here it  is my ticket home, I rented this from Enterprise for a one way rental to be dropped off at the Manchester Airport. Hey and take notice Amtrak all my gear that you didn’t think would fit in a baggage car, look at that it all fits in a Nissan Rogue, if you would like you can hire me as a consultant I can show you how to load a train. So I took off from Miami International around 10:30 AM and drove all the way to Maryland where I stopped at the  Chesapeake House Service Plaza at around 2 AM, did about 1100 miles on Sunday, I just wanted to get past Washington so I wouldn’t have to deal with the traffic on Monday morning. I did fuel up at South Of the Border, no road trip to or from Florida is complete without stopping at this cool place. I wanted to keep Driving but I didn’t have an EZ pass in the car and I was running low on cash. So I decided to stop for the night and take a nap. Hey look at
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Entry #49 day 40

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Last night I took a ride in to the Duval St area to see what all the fuss was about. Had a nice ride in from the hotel.   I put a couple beers in my back pack, not because I am cheap but the $7.50 beer that I bought at Hogs Breath was the same price as a six pack.......Ok I guess I am just cheap. The music was good so I felt obligated to buy that $7.50 bee Here is another bar I didn’t go to. It was nice walking around and seeing the sites but I new I had to get up early to be at the car rental place when they opened. Oh crap now I have to find my bike. I got up early so I could be at the car rental counter when they opened, I snapped 2 quick pictures on the way there. As I was walking in to the rental counter I see a group of 4 people walk right in front of me to be the first customers of the day. Sooo 20 minutes latter I get to the desk. The attendant was very helpful however the first car she assigned to me was not rea
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Entry #48 day 39

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Took a ride today around Key West today, did about 20 miles it was nice and relaxed. I tried to follow the waterfront as Much as I could. This is the Key West I remembered. Not so much the other side of the street. Checked out the cruise ships, now I want to go on another cruise. Took a picture of this cool Kapok tree, It would take one heck of a hurricane to knock this one over...check out that stance. Visited Fort Zachary Taylor, It’s just not as much fun visiting a fort without my wife, she loves visiting forts. A local beach. Stopped to put more air in that leaking back tire, not riding hard enough  to heat up and expand those air molecules today. That tire was brand new at the beginning of this trip, no wonder I am getting so many flats. Some of the cool old buildings that I remembered. Mermaid Crossing? I don’t know exactly how that would work. This resteraunt was recomended to me when I asked who had the best Key Lime Pie
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Entry # 47 Day 38

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Well that was my last night of getting eaten alive by mosquitos and waking up in a puddle of sweat, at least it didn’t rain....much. I ate a good breakfast trying to use up some of the food so I didn’t have to carry it the rest of the way ( like I would notice the weight of an extra envelope of oatmeal missing from the trailer) I guess its just something you do to make yourself feel better. I go to ride away and find that my rear tire is almost flat, I am stunned and make up my mind right away that I will not change out this tube, mostly based on the fact that I don’t have a replacement tube and I forgot to patch the old tube with the hole in it.  I came up with a theory called “the leaky tire theory” if you pump the tire up and ride fast the tire will warm up, the air molecules will expand and wont be able to fit through the hole. I had to stop twice in the first 8 miles to pump the tire back up but after that the leak slowed down. I took this picture after passing by  a bike
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