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Tampa to Disney World Takeaways

• I love beginning and ending tours at airports and train stations. That’s a teaser.
• Folks, just don’t lose your ID.
• Make a paper copy of your ID and/or passport and stick it in a bag in case you lose them.
• Do not underestimate sun exposure on tour
• Training, turns out, helps
• Google maps is not always up to date. (And, turns out Apple Maps is sometimes ahead of reality)
• Picking a possibly hard to bike to location is more fun than I expected (but I always knew I had other options)
• Winter tours are great
• Credit card touring can get pricey if you’re used to free camping
• The route I took is still possible, but the road closure is for real. Two options will be possible, and that’s featured in a video I put up on the YouTube channel… go check it out!
• Would not be surprised if I do this again next year, but if I can add some days I want to explore the trails north of Tampa… would probably add a day?

Spring Tour Preview – The Missing Link

• First considered in Pedalshift 273 (see all those route scouting episodes mattered!)
• Completing a section of the California coast that I had to fast forward in 2014, with extra miles to pay back interest
• San Diego to LA, mostly along the Pacific Coast Route, but turning inland to tag Anaheim (where I hopped the train in 2014).
• Brompton
• Considered mixed camping/roofed lodging, but went with all roofed lodging… will make up for all these with some serious bike camping this year!
• Riding airport to airport!
• Hoping to revisit the fish taco challenge – will your coastal California town win?
• Riding light and layered. Cool mornings, not so hot days, little chance of rain (but riding prepared).
• Twin challenges
  • NoBo – wind will be in my face for the whole trip
  • Marine Base Pendleton – the south gate is where you get access… shouldn’t be an issue, but bureaucracy is bureaucracy!
• Tour journals begin NEXT week!