Carolyn wrote a blog post every day during our ride. These are linked together so you can read them from start to finish.
We did our ride June and July 2014. Many people thought we were crazy riding to Key West in July, but that’s that time that worked out the best for our schedules. In the end, the heat was not a significant issue.
We followed the Atlantic Coast route mapped by Adventure Cycling which goes from Bar Harbor, ME to Key West, FL and passes near our home in Westford – you can click that link for a very nice description of the route. I’ve also posted a page with links to detailed route maps if you’re interested. We started from home rather than from Bar Harbor. We were afraid that if we started in Bar Harbor, that when we passed our home we’d be tempted to take a break and might not continue. The part of the route we planned to do is about 2,400 miles long, but we cheated and ended up riding about 2,000 miles.
Some bike tourists take tents, sleeping bags, and cooking implements. I’ve never enjoyed camping so we stayed in hotels each night. It was more expensive, but we had less weight on the bikes, and were able to relax in the evenings.
- Goodbye House
- Day 1: Getting Started, Westford, MA to Whitinsville, MA
- Day 2: Meandering from Whitinsville, MA to Union, CT
- Day 3: Union, CT to Windsor Locks, CT
- Day 4: Walking to Canaan
- Day 5: Canaan, CT to Hyde Park, NY
- Day 6: Crossing the Hudson
- Day 7: New Paltz, NY to Matamoras, PA
- Day 8: Matamoras, PA to Delaware Water Gap, PA, via New Jersey
- Day 9: Visiting in Easton, PA
- Day 10: Coloring in Easton, PA
- Day 11: Easton, PA to New Hope, PA, via NJ
- Day 12: New Hope, PA to King of Prussia, PA
- Day 13: Uphill in the Rain to Reamstown, PA
- Day 14: Reamstown, PA to Marietta, PA
- Day 15: Susquehanna River Valley
- Day 16: Crossing the Mason-Dixon Line
- Day 17: Resting and Reflecting in Cockeysville, MD
- Day 18: 600 Hilly Miles to Rockville, MD
- Day 19: Riding Through DC
- Day 20: Mount Vernon
- Day 21: 700 Hilly Miles to Stafford, VA
- Day 22: Stafford, VA to Spotsylvania, VA via Fredricksburg
- Day 23: RIDING to Richmond, VA
- Day 24: Richmond, VA to Williamsburg, VA via Tent City
- Day 25: Searching for Suffolk
- Day 26: Resting in Suffolk, VA
- Day 27: Suffolk, VA to Elizabeth City, NC via The Great Dismal Swamp
- Day 28: 1000 Miles to Kitty Hawk
- Day 29: Flying from Kitty Hawk to Cape Hatteras
- Day 30: Relaxing in Ocracoke
- Day 31: Ocracoke to Beaufort
- Day 32: Island Hopping to Swansboro, NC
- Day 33: Exploring Wilmington with Cheryl
- Day 34: Sitting Out The Storm in Wilmington
- Day 35: Our Final Day in Wilmington, NC
- Day 36: On the Road Again
- Day 37: Shalotte, NC to Conway, SC
- Day 38: xyzzy to Charleston, SC
- Day 39: Charleston, SC
- Day 40: South Carolina to Georgia
- Day 41: Okefenokee Swamp
- Day 42: St. Augustine to Ormond Beach
- Day 43: Home Cooking in Melbourne, FL
- Day 44: Braving the Heat to Vero Beach
- Day 45: Fighting Headwinds to Stuart, FL
- Day 46: Happy Birthday Aunt Elaine
- Day 47: Too Busy to Blog in Boca
- Day 48: 35 Frustrating Miles to Miami
- Day 49: A Soggy Ride From Miami to Homestead
- Day 50: Air Boating in the Everglades
- Day 51: We’re on the Keys!
- Day 52: Key Largo to Marathon Key
- Day 53: Fini
- Goodbye Florida
Dana and Carolyn's 57 Ride 