Thanks everyone for the info! The Ranger Road option sounds pretty
good, as I'll be in Fort Walton Beach. I hate to pay $7, so I might
bring my MTB too and ride Timber Lake while I'm at it. The Bob Sikes
option and the 285 sounds good - I'll just have to decide the value
of driving up there.

I need to keep my miles up, as I'm riding this for the first time in
May. It's supposed to be a beautiful, but wicked route.
http://www.chattbike.com/events/3_state/3stchlng.htm

Thanks again!

--- In eccycling@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Nance" <nolatri@h...> wrote:
> I sometimes go to CW Ruckel Middle School, on Hwy 285 in Niceville,
and ride
> out Hwy 285 to Mossy Head and back. It's 38 miles round trip. Hwy
285
> doesn't really have a lot of traffic plus you get the luxury of a
wide bike
> lane also. There is a convenience store at the end of Hwy 285 where
you can
> get water, powerade, food, etc. if you need it. Hope this helps.
>
> Cya on the road!
> Scott
>
>
> From: "kinggreenbean" <pat@p...>
> Reply-To: eccycling@yahoogroups.com
> To: eccycling@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [eccycling] Safe Places to Ride?
> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:24:22 -0000
>
>
>
> Hi everyone. I know you get a million tourists asking for places to
> ride. I grew up in Fort Walton Beach, moved away to Tennessee, and
> picked up cycling.
>
> Last time I was down visiting my mother, it seemed sort of tough to
> find a safe place to get in 30 or 40 road miles. I started around
> Ferry Park in Fort Walton, looped down along the bay towards Brooks
> Bridge, crossed over and rode down past Cash's and all that.
>
> Someone told me the only way to get good rides in is to go north of
> town, out around Crestview or Defuniak Springs. Does anyone have
> some route cue sheets they would want to share?
>
> PS - I ride with the Harpeth Bike Club in Nashville, if anyone ever
> comes to Middle Tennessee to ride.
>
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