Day 51: Traveling the Overseas Heritage Trail

November 1, 2004 ~ Miama Beach to Key Largo ~ 70 miles

It's all downhill from here...or overseas, to be exact. Today the group woke up extra early to avoid Miami traffic when leaving swinging South Beach for Key Largo, the northernmost island of the Florida Keys island chain. Departing at 7 a.m. on the day following Halloween proved interesting, as a number of all-night revelers were still about the streets of South Beach. Shortly after pedaling onto Key Largo, the cyclists rode the first few miles of the Overseas Heritage Trail, a 106-mile route from Key Largo to Key West. More on that trail in tomorrow's update. A great article on the tour's passage through Miami appeared in Sunday's Miami Herald as the cyclists inch ever closer to their final destination.

Tomorrow: Are we there yet? - Key Largo to Marathon


The Overseas Heritage Trail in front of John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo