Rick Rambles – A blog

Thursday.  Ok, just barley Thursday.  Still the day before our next adventure.  We are off to Florida.  We are going to be staying with Marlo’s friends for a few days.  While we are down there it turns out that there is a big race nearby.  You may have heard of it.  I think that it is in Daytona.  It is a long race.  I think that it is rather long.  Maybe 500 miles or so.  Now let’s put this together, it’s in Daytona and it’s  500 miles.  Yup we are going to the Daytona 500.  Why you may ask.  Neither one of us really care about Nascar, but it is the largest spectator sport in the world and this is the big event A ND we just happen to be there that week.  We are in!  After that we might go visit the everglades.  I have always wanted to do that… and we are going to be down there.  So we will go.  Now these are both significant thing there is one more thing.  I plan on backpacking from Venice Beach Florida to Miami Florida.  After I get to Miami I plan to get a car and spend a few days in the keys.  Don’t you like the sound of that…  in the keys… :>
The aforementioned backpacking is more like a long walk across the peninsula that we call Florida.  According to Google maps, that now has walking as an option, it could only take 2 days and 16 hours.  I think that means 64 hours of walking.  That would be 8 days of 8 hours… hmmm, Delormes, said 4 days.  It also sent me through the alligator infested everglades…  we won’t be doing that.  Anyway, it should make for some interesting writing…
Some, ok probably everyone, wonder why I would do such a thing…  well the short of it (I will leave out the long of it) is that the opportunity has presented itself and it should be an interesting adventure.
I plan on hitching, sleeping on the ground, walking A LOT, and going to those all night diners that you read about.  It should be … urban survivor.  Maybe I can sell the rights…  I am currently making a list of things that I need.  The short list is GPS, Cell Phone, a camera and Laptop.  Maybe some clothes, a tarp, a raincoat, flashlight, matches, a lighter…  I will make a complete list.  I will take some pictures and make some videos too.  It should be amusing…  that’s all for tonight.

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