I’ve always been a bit ambivalent about performing maintenance and repairs on my trikes. I know it must be done, and I have learned enough so if something breaks down while on tour, I can usually take care of it. But for more extensive repairs and upgrades, I rely upon my local bike shop professional.
Continue reading Product Review: SportCrafters Trike/Handcycle Workstand
The city of Henderson is just 16 miles from downtown Las Vegas. It not a place you naturally associate with cycling, but in fact, Henderson is home for two outstanding bike trails – The River Mountains Loop Trail and the associated Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail.
When living in southern California, we occasionally would to head to Vegas for a weekend. Often we would pack our trikes along with us, and then head over to these trails during the day. Mac even came with us once. We always had an amazing time and totally enjoyed the rides.
I spend a lot of time cycling the roads and trails nearest my home here in Lakewood Ranch. So it is always exciting when a new route opens up that provides a different route from home. Recently, a new way out of Lakewood Ranch, into the areas north of SR64 has become available. This may be old news to the folks that are more plugged into the cycling community here in the Ranch, but for me this new route is kind of a big deal.
On the last day of our ride, we arrived at Hawk’s Cay. Thankfully, the car was still there. It is a beautiful property and we were so excited to stay in a luxurious place after all of the funky places during our trip.
Continue reading Hawk’s Cay Resort and Restaurants, Duck Key, Florida
We left fairly early and didn’t wait for breakfast at Author’s Guest House. We thought we would find something along the causeway out of Key West. We kept looking for something that was not IHOP and, we found it in a little, out of the way strip mall. The restaurant is named the Key Plaza Creperie since there is a Creperie in Key West proper.
Continue reading Key Plaza Creperie Restaurant, Key West, Florida
For dessert on Saturday night, we decided to go to Better Than Sex for dessert. It was a relatively short walk (about three-quarters of a mile) from Santiago’s.
Better Than Sex is a drink and dessert restaurant. It has a menu that portrays everything as sexy. It was a fun place.
Continue reading Better Than Sex Dessert Restaurant, Key West, Florida
On Saturday evening, we had drinks again at our favorite bar, La Te Da, We asked the bartender for recommendations for an early dinner. We didn’t have lunch because we were on our kayaking trip. so we could take advantage of the bar specials. They recommended Santiago’s Bodega.
Day 3 we were on our way. Since we stayed at a B&B, we either had to ride our bikes to a late lunch or dinner (not a good option) or call for takeout (a better option). We had a choice of Chinese food or pizza. Can anyone out there guess what we did?
Continue reading Ordering food in at the B&B: China Garden, Big Pine Key, Florida
Blue Heaven is very “Key West.” If you dump all of Key West in one place, it would be Blue Heaven. Chickens (rather Roosters), bright colors, and cats appear to characterize the restaurant along with good food and drinks. It is a big courtyard with stages for music and art, a bar, and lots of tables under trees.
On Friday night, we went to Louie’s Backyard with Cindy, who is a local friend. The restaurant was a complete surprise. It is a sophisticated, lovely restaurant. I guess we expected a bar-b-que joint. It was very nice inside but even nicer was the outside seating. We enjoyed the whole experience. It is a romantic restaurant and just hearing the water lapping around us just sets the mood.
