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Bike Week 2005 -- Bike Week is a huge event, held late every winter in
Daytona Beach. Bikers from all over the country--and even other countries--flock
to Daytona for a week of riding and festivities. Literally hundreds of
thousands of bikers descend on the city for 9 days of partying, riding, and
comradeship.
On Saturday, March 5th, Rick, Jeff, Marcelo, Mauro, and I took a ride up to
Daytona for Bike Week. Zillions of bikes were everywhere. Accordingly, there was
quite a lot of stop and go traffic, especially downtown. But we had a beautiful
day for a rid and had a great time. Here are some of my pics from the day.
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Here is a map of where we were yesterday. If you look close,
you'll notice we never did make it to downtown Daytona Beach... the
traffic was just to slow. But we still had a nice day riding along
the ocean and enjoying the sights and sounds of lots of bikes
everywhere. |
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Here we are, about 11 AM, ready to start out. The weather was
wonderful, temps in the 60s when we left, and rising well into the 70s
later. Left to right, Marcelo, Rick, Jeff, Mauro. |
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Here we are, outside the Osteen Diner which was our first stop. Good
home cooking at a reasonable price. The place is always full and always
has lots of bikers there. |
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Here I am, outside the Osteen Diner. No fool, I know how to dress
for biking! |
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Rick, Marcelo, me, Mauro, and Jeff, inside the Osteen Diner. Thanks
to an unnamed local who took this for us. He asked us where we were from
(a many bikers around from all over the country). Had a good laugh when
we said "Orlando!" (photo courtesy of Rick and
Marcelo) |
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Mauro, Rick, and Marcelo, at one of our frequent stops |
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Here we are again, stopped right off the Halifax River (Intracoastal
Waterway) along beach street. |
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A view of just a few of the many bikes. Literally hundreds of
thousands of bikes all over the place. Quite load at times, too, as you
may imagine. |
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We rode to the lighthouse at Ponce Inlet, too. |
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Even the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse welcomes bikers. There were quite a
few there, and it's a popular ride. |
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Me, in front of the Lighthouse. |
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Rick, relaxing and playing keyboard in front of the fire at my place
after we returned late in the evening. |
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Mauro and Marcelo, relaxing as well. |
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Last but not least, me, in front of the fireplace. |
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