We got the SUV packed up with all our luggage, there are 6 of us riding in the car together. Myself and wife, my son and his wife and my you gest daughter and her boyfriend. Taking 3 motorcycles with us to ride around Florida but the big trip will be on the bikes down highway 1through the keys ending in Key West.

 We headed out about 1pm on Friday. As of this post we are still driving  we are presently about 110 miles from our rental house. 

 We had a slight setback in ohio about 3 hours down the road when my motorcycle tipped o er a bit. No damage thanks to the wheel chocks I insisted we all get and bolt to the trailer deck. 

 It seems that one strap on the rear of my bike was rubbing the tip of the exhaust and the metal eventually cut through it causing the problem. New strap in place, without the contact this time and we were on our way again.

I'll post more once we get to the house.

 Oh, almost forgot. An update on the trailer. This is the same trailer I was discussing in another thread about bearings.

 All tires have been replaced within the past 1.5 years. No dry rot. I repacked the hubs before the trip. Found a bad bearing and race. Replaced inner and outer bearings and races along with the seal.

 I have checked the hubs for heat using my hand, tires too. So far no issues. Yesterday it was 90° and the hubs were warm but you could keep your hand on them. Tires were warm but same thing.

 So far I've been impressed with this little home built trailer. It started life as a camper sometime back in the late 60's and now serves as a flatbed. The 2 3500# axles give it a decent capacity.

 Just thought I'd add that little side note about the trailer 

Going to be fun. Thought trailers required fenders....

Have a fun, safe trip.   Six in an SUV for over 1,000 miles...I hope the windows go down.   

Keep us up to date. Enjoy...

Edited May 21, 20222 yr by Mopar1973Man

 Trailers may or may not require fenders. Not sure on that one but they are in the plans. 

 So we made it to the house (air bnb rental) so far so good.

 Couple of pics of our first impressions.

 

Dude that's better than Mono Village. Nice place. You need to look up a few members in Florida and see if you can meet some of the gang.

 Kinda cool, we have a bunch of the little lizards running around and a couple of iguanas living in the trees.

 We also stopped at a local restaurant for a quick bite. Not impressed, $16.50 for a standard cheeseburger. 

 

1 minute ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Dude that's better than Mono Village. Nice place. You need to look up a few members in Florida and see if you can meet some of the gang.

 I just might do that......

Yup everything is going up in price. Heck you can't get a hambuger in Riggins ID for less than 13 bucks.

 That's the most I've ever paid for a burger and it was very plain and unexceptional. 

Remember the DemonRats want all the teenagers to have 15 dollar an hour burger flipper. What do you think prices of the burger is going to be?

Where are you located? That's a nice place.

 That was in Fort lauderdale florida.

Here a couple if pics from the beach this after noon.

 

And the back yard set up at night.

Good ol' Fort Liquordale.....

 

Lost more than a few brain cells in that town back in the late 70s/early 80s....

 Wad a good day today. Sat at a nice little bar on Hollywood Beach and had a couple drinking before walking up and down the Broadwalk. Then we decided to rent a 4 person pedal bicycle. Looks like a buggy, 2 people side by side front and back. 

 This was my view from the bar. You can see my bike in the foreground. 

Made a new friend today too. This is Lucy, a lady was walking around with her and she took a liking to me. 

 All in all a great day. Looking forward to tomorrow. We're riding down to the keys ending in key west. Should be a good day!

 So we made it to key west on Monday. It was a long ride, took a while from Fort lauderdale. About a 4.5 hour trip if tou run straight down.

 

 Me and the wife at the southern most marker. 

 

 

Also had to visit Hogs Breath Saloon for a drink or two. And did a little shopping while down there too.

 And of course we had to shop at the southern most Harley Davidson dealer while in town.

 

 

 It was a long day. We left Fort Lauderdale about 8:30am. We finally got back at 1:30am. My butt was sore, arms hurt and sunburnt. Got caught in a few good florida downpours on the way back too. 

 Tuesday we spent the entire day at the house to recoup. The wife and I both were whooped. 

Today we all kind of went and did our own thing. The wife and I visited Alligator Alley Harley Davidson in Fort Lauderdale.  Nice big dealership. Bought a couple more shirts and a handful of the poker chips. 

 

 

 

 Then we went on a boat tour through the million dollar home on the canal. Huge superyachts everywhere. 

 

 

 And million dollar homes.

 The tour guide said the cheapest homes here sell for a bit over 5 mil. The more expensive ones are hitting 45 mil or more. 

 

Edited May 25, 20222 yr by Doubletrouble

It's very cool that you share this with others here because like myself I doubt that I would ever be able to go see Florida. Thank you much @Doubletrouble

 

Also I like how you pretend  not one of those Mega Yachts could ever be yours. Yeah right! I blew up the pic and saw the name of the boat 'Tripletrouble'

Edited May 26, 20222 yr by JAG1

5 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

It's very cool that you share this with others here because like myself I doubt that I would ever be able to go see Florida. Thank you much @Doubletrouble

 

Also I like how you pretend  not one of those Mega Yachts could ever be yours. Yeah right! I blew up the pic and saw the name of the boat 'Tripletrouble'

 Don't give away my secrets! Lmao

 If I had money like that I still wouldn't have one. I would however have one hell of a second gen dodge cummins!

Thanks for the pics.  Looks like a trip to remember.   Don't forget the souvenir refrigerator magnets; they help keep the memories fresh.

Lol, we have a few. And t-shirts and pictures. 

 We rode a total of 500 miles on the bikes (at least mine) since we've been here. 

 Tomorrow (Thursday) we are going to Homested Fl to see the Coral Castle then to Miami to see south beach and the Miami Harley dealer. (Gotta get more poker chips! Lol)

Loves me some Key West....

 

Been way too long. Looks like you're definitely having a good time.

  Ok! So Thursday was a good day. We went to coral castle in homested florida. Took the tour, very informative. Loved our tour guide, a woman I'd say in her 40's or so. She moved here from chili so had the accent but very easy to understand. She was amazing. So full of energy and pationate about the place. She was fun. 

 She us in the first pic below, blue short with the white towel draped over her head.

 I have many pics of it but honestly, tou can see most of it online and get a much better story about it than I could give you. Very interesting. The whole place was built by 1 man only 5 feet tall and 100lbs. Amazing what he did there. Look it up, you won't regret it. 

https://coralcastle.com/

 

 

 After the coral castle we went to Miami, walked the Pier and the the boardwalk along Miami Beach. Got a bite to eat at TGIFRIDAYS. Then went for a powerboat tour where they put roughly 40 people into a powerboat and go out into the bay and speed around for a bit then give a tour of some of the huge homes along the banks. Then time to go fast again!

 I got a pic of the orange tunnel boat. We were on the green V bow version.

 

 

A few of the views from the powerboat 

 

 

 We did not make it to Miami Harley Davidson however. Wife wanted to do the powerboat tour so I cut the dealer stop to make it happen. She had an absolute blast so it was well worth it.

 

 We left Fort Lauderdale Friday morning to begin our trip home. We decided to stop at one of the, if not THE largest Harley Davidson dealers in the country.

 Daytona Harley Davidson.