I continue the ride on Day 7, Florida Loop 2026 from Fort Cocoa Beach, Florida to Daytona Beach, Florida on Florida Highway A1A.
Daytona Beach was fairly busy with traffic and people (both tourists and people attending some kind of convetions, I didnt stick around to find out what LOL).
Florida Loop 2026 Day 7 Part 3 – April 10th, 2026
I continue the ride on Day 7, Florida Loop 2026 from Fort Pierce, Florida to Cocoa Beach, Florida on Florida Highway A1A.
In Cocoa Beach, I was able to briefly view the Blue Angles putting on a show along the beach, such impressive skilled flying.
I continue the ride on Day 7, Florida Loop 2026 from Stuart, Florida to Fort Pierce, Florida on Florida Highway A1A.
Even though I am riding along the cost, sadly, the Atlantic is not viewable for much of Florida A1A. Regardless, the ride was a relaxing and mild ride up the coast.
This video contains the start of Day 7 departing Dupuis Campground – Canal Point, Florida and my ride east to the coast on Florida Highway A1A in Stuart, Florida. This morning’s ride starts rural, transitions to suburban metropolitan and then into coastal areas.
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This video is part 2 of Florida Loop 2026 Day 6 covering some of US Highway 27 south of South Bay, Florida and the ride from South Bay to Dupuis Campground near Canal Point, Florida.
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This is video is part 1 of Florida Loop 2026 Day 6 covering some of my departure from Key West, Florida up to the Seven Mile Bridge on US Highway 1 – Overseas Highway.
On Day 6 I rode from Key West, Florida to near Indiantown, Florida where I camped for the night at the fantastic Dupuis Campground. Another day with more rain and at times quite heavy. But the real weather pain in the butt today was the wind. I am not sure of the speed that the wind was blowing but some of the wind gusts (all day) were intensely producing some white cap waves on the ocean and giving me quite the workout keeping Bruce aimed correctly in the lane.
The ride over the ocean in the Florida Keys was as epic today as it was yesterday on Day 5.
Total Miles for Day 6 = 250 Miles.
Day 6 Part 2 video will cover some of the ride on US Highway 27 to South Bay, Florida and the ride to Dupuis Campground.
For Florida Loop 2026 Day 5 Part Two I continue to roll south to Key West, Florida via US Highway 1 – Overseas Highway. The riding through the keys in many areas was spectacular, despite some heavy traffic in some of the town areas (with Key West having very heavy traffic).
Day 5 Total Miles (Part 1 & 2) = 221 Miles
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On Florida Loop 2026 Day 5, I rode 221 miles from Everglades City, Florida to Key West, Florida. This video for Day 5 Part 1 covers some of the 84 mile ride from Everglades City to Homestead.
I rolled out of Everglades City on Calier Avenue / Florida Highway 29 to US Highway 41 and rolled east (US Highway 41 South) through some of the Everglades and turned south on Florida Highway 997 to Homestead, Florida. In Day 5 Part 2 I continued south and turned onto US Highway 1 / Overseas Highway to Key West.
Shortly after turning onto Florida Highway 997, I found myself needing to take a break and stretch my legs. At the junction of US Highway 41 and Florida Highway 887 there was a gas station / convenience store but I it was on the other side of the highway and decided to keep rolling to find a gas station easier to get in and out of (yeah, I do that lol). 9 miles down the road and all I encouted was produce stands and farm fields.
I was in desperate need of break to stretch my legs, cool off and hydrate so I pulled off at one of the produce stand on what looked to be a paved street. This was a “street” in a rural, agriculture area and as I turned in, the street itself looked like it was bombed and not in use. I actually almost dropped the bike in what was left of the pavement before the “bombed” out section. I was at a full stop and was preparing to back up the bike a little to turn around to face the highway and park. I looked and did not see the loose pea size gravel on the deteriorated asphalt, it blended right in and I could not see it. When I transferred weight to my root foot, it was like I was standing on marbles and my foot began to slide to the right as the weight of the bike started tipping to the right. A nice panic shot of adrelene and I was able to quickly shift my weight to the left and centered the bike. Then it was baby steps to turn around Bruce on the mess they called a street.
Crazier yet, people were driving through the bombed out area to I am guessing a residential area beyond. Even a Tesla 3 series came driving through. What really ground my gears though, was about 4 miles or so down the road there are about 6 gas stations with nice flat paved lots LOL. SIGH.
This part of the ride was uneventful and fairly chill. Rolling through the Cypress trees again was enjoyable. Once I reached the sawgrass area of the Everglades, it was like riding in the plains states, complete with a pretty roubust crosswinds as well.
After a fantastic ride of the Loop Road Scenic Drive and seeing the famous American Alligators (some of those things were huge!), I rode to the Miccosukee General Store for a lunch break.
After lunch I rode back to Everglades City, checked in at the Everglades City Motel, dropped off some gear and rode off to get my staged gear at the Parkway Motel & Marina in Chokoloskee Island.
I was going to stay another night at the Parkway Motel & Marina as the room was fantastic. However, they did not have any availability for the night of April 7th. They were, however, very gracious in allowing me to stage some of my gear in their office while I went for a ride today (The Loop Road Scenic Drive).
After picking up my gear, I had a fantastic meal of Mahi-Mahi Cuban fish dinner with a very flavorful and spicy in-house sauce (most certainly had Habanero peppers (one of my favorites) in it.
After dinner, I rode through Everglades City for a brief tour and looked around.
Day 4 was very welcomed and needed relaxed day. I still managed to ride 109 miles today, but it was very chill pace all day.
This video is the long video of my 23.6 ride of Loop Road Scenic Drive in the Big Cypress National Preserve just off US Highway 41 with the eastern part of the road roughly 43 miles west of Miami, Florida.
For more details on Loop Road Scenic Drive, Take a look at my post “Florida Loop 2026 – Loop Road Scenic Drive (Short Version)“.
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