The The Withlacoochee State Trail consists of a 46-mile stretch of railroad track that has been converted to a 12' wide paved lane ideal for biking. The trail begins just north of State Road 50 ( One mile east of I-75 ) and continues through the Withlacoochee State Forest, through Floral City, and ends at Gulf Junction just south of Dunnellon.

• There are several restrooms, picnic shelters, and water fountains along the way
• Facilities are well maintained
• Signage along the trail is excellent
• No fees

Jenn and I are smiling and waiting for our camera's self-timer to take the picture. Meanwhile the mosquitos are actually devouring Jenn (I even overhead a couple of the mosquitos discussing whether they should take us back to share with the rest of the pack or eat us on the spot!

I found a little turtle
He was swimming by the dock
He swam in the water
He climbed up the rock.

He snapped at a mosquito
He snapped at a flea
He snapped at a minnow
and he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He event caught the minnow,
but he didn't catch me!

With plenty of ice-cold water and an assortment of Power Bars, you can forget the rest of the food pyramid. However, you should definitely pre-chill your Power Bars and put them against the cold Camel Back during the ride. Warm water is one thing, but a hot Power Bar is completely disgusting.

The temperature was 80° at sunrise and quickly climbed into the high 90's (nevermind the humidity) and Jenn's saddle problems added to the difficulties, but we did 65 miles and now we're headed for food and then on to Stoker pampering..