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Distance:
108.90 miles
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Time: 08:14:20
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Avg Speed:
13.22 mph
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Max Speed:
38.80 mph
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Weight:
172
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Effort:
1 - Relaxed and Easy <10mph
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Route:
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Altitude Gain:
0 ft
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Terrain: Road: Flat
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Bike: Bacchetta GIRO 20 (SOLD FEB 2010) SWB Bent
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Club: 'BentRider Recumbent Club |
| Weather Conditions: Coolish (50's) to start and then a rather nice 70's from about 10:00 a.m. on thank you berry mucho. |
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A step back in time.
Crandon Park. Used to go here as a kid.
They've turned it into a nice park...the zoo that is.
The thing is of the hundreds of cyclists who cycle the Key, I'm will'n to bet nary a few knows of the incredibly scenic, quiet and peaceful ride that can be done through the Crandon Park beach area.
It's a beautiful thing.  Google Earth it. (Did I just create another google verb? )
From Wikipedia FYI:
Crandon Park is a park owned and operated by Miami-Dade County, Florida. It occupies the northern part of the island of Key Biscayne, lying between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. It is connected to the mainland in Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway. The park is more than 800 acres (325 hectares) in size, and has two miles (3.2 kilometers) of beach on the Atlantic Ocean side. Crandon Boulevard extends from the end of the Rickenbacker Causeway through the length of the park, providing access to the Village of Key Biscayne and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.
The park has a variety of facilities, including a marina, a golf course, a tennis center, a family amusement center, picnic shelters and a nature center. There is parking for more than 3,000 vehicles in the park. Part of the park is set aside as the Bear Cut Preserve, a designated natural Environment Study Area. Guided tours through the preserve are available.[1]
The land Crandon Park occupies was once part of the largest coconut plantation in the United States, operated by William John Matheson and his heirs. In 1940 the Matheson family donated 808.8 acres (327.3 hectares) of their land to Dade County (now Miami-Dade County) for a public park. In return, county commissioner Charles H. Crandon promised that the county would build a causeway to Key Biscayne. World War II delayed construction, but the causeway opened in 1947.
At one time Crandon Park also included a zoo, occupying 48 acres (19.4 hectares) of the park. The first animals in the zoo, including some lions, an elephant and a rhinoceros, had been stranded when a circus went out of business in Miami. Some Galapagos tortoises, monkeys and pheasants were added from the Matheson plantation. Other animals were added, including a white Bengal tiger. In 1981 the Crandon Park Zoo was moved from the park to a location south of Miami, and became the Miami MetroZoo.
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