Jim's Cruise Across America!

The 2025 entries for this blog will be about a 1,200 mile bike ride from New Orleans, LA to Key West, FL beginning on April 20th. I originally chronicled my adventures as I biked 2,900 miles from San Diego, CA to St Augustine, FL in March and April 2019. And then the blog followed me in 2023 as I biked for 750 miles around Northern Minnesota on a trip that was mostly on paved trails. I hope you enjoy my posts.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Everglades City, FL to Miami Kendall, FL

I rode 62 of a possible 68 miles today (see below for the story behind that). This is the well known “Alligator Alley” of Florida, but in t...

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Naples, FL to Everglade City, FL

35 miles today. No pictures, but some interesting stories. Our goal today was just to get to a point where tomorrow we can cross from the...

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Punta Gorda, FL to Naples, FL

70 miles today, with almost all of it on US Hy 41. We did start out the morning with a river walk type trail to avoid some highway riding, ...

Monday, May 5, 2025

Bradenton, FL to Punta Gorda, FL

70 miles today in another warm day. We started at 7:30 AM to try to beat the heat. Our first 15 miles involved a lot of turns in the city...

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Odessa, FL to Bradenton, FL

69 miles today. This was the first day we delayed our departure because of weather. It was raining when we got up, but by 9 AM it had sto...

Saturday, May 3, 2025

Crystal River, FL to Odessa, FL

The advanced scouting of this being our most difficult day so far was accurate. 71 miles with more climbing than we’ve seen so far. The c...

Friday, May 2, 2025

Off Day in Crystal River

This post isn’t about biking, but it was a great experience I had because of the bike trip. A good friend from Menomonee Falls East High S...

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