58 mile ride on the General James Van Fleet trail in Polk, Lake, and Sumter counties

up
power substation near I-4

aerial photo target from Woolpert

orange groves

my bike at the Mabel end of the trail while I ate lunch

it's hard to not look silly

armadillo

armadillo on the trail

looking south

cute kitty

one of the crossings

trail owner

view to the east

the trail has an MCI fiber line running alongside most of the way

large towers that are on opposite sides of 33 on the top of a hill that was once covered with microwave links

typical view on this part of the trail

bird I tried to take a picture of whilst riding

14.7 mph with 3.77 miles to go

VanFleet trail



time to shave





58 miles later

58 miles later

58 miles later


All images copyright Peter Jensen.