Date: 3/24/10

Location: Miami and Miami Beach
Miles: 19
Interactive map link: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=207801916428195819012.000482a7706a182a6d484
Note: Interactive map shows more miles than my phone.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOVSlSQQohw&feature=youtube_gdata 

The Miami Sky Line

This was a very nice skate. I was trying to do a loop out to Miami Beach and back. I couldn’t get across the I 195 Bridge, so I continued up to NE 79th St. I tried going west of US 1 once but didn’t like the area. I did a similar skate to this one with my son Wes a few years back. We started in the late afternoon and the skate turned into a night skate. That was a fantastic skate.


Ideas for next time: See other Miami skate


Disclaimer: Skating is inherently dangerous. Skating on streets and sidewalks makes it even more dangerous. This blog is not a recommendation to try these ideas. This blog is my diary of my skates. I do not recommend anyone else try any of these ideas.

Date: 3/25/10

Location: Miami
Miles: 10.8
Interactive map link: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=207801916428195819012.000482a7706a182a6d484

Video: : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOVSlSQQohw&feature=youtube_gdata

The Miami Sky line

The area from the Miami River to the Venetian Causeway along the shore is primarily fancy brick.


Ideas for next time:
1: Skate the Key Biscayne Causeway
2: Follow the monorail/bus line south and then take the bus back
3: Follow the monorail/bus line north and then take the bus back
4: Try the North Miami Beach area
5: Hollywood Beach north of Miami Looked interesting from the boat

3/23/10

Fort Lauderdale
Miles: 11
Interactive Map
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Yacht being towed up the New River

This wasn’t a very interesting skate. I kept getting stopped by the airport and freeways. The New River is interesting. It is a narrow tide river that has more yachts per mile than any other river I have ever seen. Many of the yachts are so big and the river so narrow they have to be pulled up with two tug boats, one in front and one in the back.

The area where my skate starts and ends is the center of town. There are lots of tour boats and water taxies. There is one giant tour boat called the Jungle Queen. It is bigger than the yachts yet is able to navigate up and down the river at a pretty good clip. It would be fun to ride on it and watch him navigate the sharp turns.

Ideas for next trip:
1: Take a water taxi and take the Jungle Queen diner tour.
2: Starting the same area go north on US 1 then south along the ocean and back on SE 17th St.

Disclaimer:

Skating is inherently dangerous. Skating on streets and sidewalks makes it even more dangerous. This blog is not a recommendation to try these ideas. This blog is my diary of my skates. I do not recommend anyone else try any of these ideas.

3/21/10

West Palm Beach Florida:
Miles: 16.25 Google maps indicates more than my phone.
Interactive map of skate
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West Palm Beach

Royal Palm Way Bridge (Route 704) Photo taken during the skate

West Palm Beach

Royal Palm Way Bridge (Route 704) Photo taken from water.

I started my skate on US 1 near Hibiscus St. US1 is also called S Quadnile Blvd. This is a very upscale shopping area full of shops and restaurants. Most areas in the downtown vicinity have good sidewalks. However, there are areas of fancy brick sidewalks. The sidewalk right on Lake Worth is nice and wide but has a few feet of bricks every so often. The trip going north on 1 was narrow so so sidewalks.


Next time idea 1:
Start in same area and skate south on 1 to 98 also called Southern Blvd. Take that to S Ocean Blvd and go north to the 704 bridge or the Flagler Memorial Bridge. Bridges are always a gamble because you don’t know if they will be skateable or not.

Next time idea 2:
See if it’s possible to skate across the Jack Nicklaus Dr Bridge. Then go north up A1A to US 1 and south back to the start.

Disclaimer:
Skating is inherently dangerous. Skating on streets and sidewalks makes it even more dangerous. This blog is not a recommendation to try these ideas. This blog is my diary of my skates. I do not recommend anyone else try any of these ideas.