Day 4: Titusville to Vero Beach

Posted by Brian on March 2, 2020
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What a tough day! Tim and I left before 8:30 AM and did not make it to Vero Beach until after 5:30 PM. We rode 78 miles into a 19 mph wind for most of the day. It was definitely one of our most difficult rides. Well, anyway, here are the photos I took on the ride today.

The scenery on U.S. 1 was not much to look at, but the sky was expressive. However, we did not have any rain today.
Tim eats a yogurt every day. Here he is eating his yogurt on our first stop of the day, 15 miles into the ride.
Tim at our 2nd stop of the day before Melbourne, FL.
This is the bridge on Florida 404, which links SR A1A with U.S. 1 near Rockledge, FL. This was our 2nd stop of the ride, after about 30 miles. Shortly after that, Tim got 2 flat tires.
This is typical of the scenery by the side of U.S. 1, on the way to Vero Beach.
Flags at the Landing Site of Ponce de Leon, on A1A. Unfortunately, we were headed into the wind, and not with it.

When I was a kid walking to school in the morning with Mark, whenever it was really windy, I would wish for a glass half dome to come down over Drexel Hill and block out all of the wind. That’s what I was wishing for today. It would have made today’s ride much easier.

Tomorrow’s ride is about 55 miles, and the winds are predicted to be 17 mph, in our faces again. So we’re going to try to leave early, since the winds pick up in velocity as the day progresses.

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