Motorcycle Road Trips in North Florida
With bike week just around the corner, bikers from all over the country are dragging their bikes out of winter storage and cleaning their Leather in anticipation of a motorcycle rally like no other. While Daytona is definitely the place for the week of 5 March, offers some great routes through pristine Florida Landscapes to some great biker destinations.
About an hour and a half north of Daytona on A1A lies the bustling beach community of Jacksonville Beach, Our focus will be the point, because, well, where I come from! On any given day you'll find bikers and parked their bikes and hang at the Jax Beach Pier parking lot. Just across the street from the famed biker bar Mango's is a great place for bikers to meet, have some good home cooking and shoot some pool. Summer weekends will generally played some heavy metal band on the covered deck.
Our first trip is from Jax Beach and head north to the Start A1A in Fernandina Beach, a quaint little island town with its own unique attitude. If you follow A1A north, after bearing left at the Mayport Naval Station, you are the marshes are cruising at the mouth of the St. Johns River and come to a dead end at the ferry in Mayport Village. A traditional fishing village, which is where most of North Florida gets their seafood. Shrimp boats, party boats and deep sea charters line the docks, and you can even take a gambling cruise from here. If you are hungry, There is an old wooden shack sitting on the water, which serves some of the best seafood available. Singletons is not much to see, but it's always there and drive people been for miles to sit on the water enjoying the freshest seafood Florida, while the pelicans scrounge for theirs.
By ferry across the river, you'll pick up A1A heading north again. On the right side soon see a huge barren sandbar by the northern jetties at the mouth St. John's was formed. At the eastern edge are the jetties, the Atlantic Ocean, and a beach that is packed with babes of all shapes and sizes. The west side is a lagoon and the Fort George River inlet. A very wide beach at low tide, the vehicles were swept away and swallowed by the Atlantic because of people parking just a little too close to the Water, and a walk in the dunes. A great place for jet skiing, swimming, fishing and surfing, Huguenot Park also has a campground with primitive and RV campsites and showers.
For the next few miles, you will be traveling through some of the most pristine and unspoiled wetlands in Florida. Island Hopping by small and big Talbot Islands and the Timacuan Preserve, this coastal region, one of the few in Florida untouched by development and will theoretically remain that way. Flora and fauna, and nature lovers flock to the area in kayaks and flatboats the waterways in search of trout and redfish to navigate.
Cruising in Nassau Sound Bridge to Florida northernmost barrier island, the developments once again start to pop up. Internationally renowned resort of Amelia Plantation Iceland has about large acreage of condos, single family houses, an inn with no competition, and a huge convention center that draws business from all over the world. A community in itself, the Plantation strives, and has done a good job, the conservation of natural habitat.
Not to exceed, the Ritz Carlton only a few miles north and is also a magnet for the well to do, is known with a golf course and all the pampering the Ritz!
Almost There, we take A1A into downtown Fernandina Beach. An old fishing village like Mayport Fernandina is much larger and has many unique and historic buildings. The water is dotted with Shrimp boats and deep sea charters, and Brent is the restaurant at the harbor. Fernandina Beach Shrimp Festival is held every year on the first weekend in May.
Ending our motorcycle excursion Jacksonville Beach (about an hour non-stop), our last stop on a very popular watering hole for bikers and locals alike. The Palace Saloon was there since 1878, and although it burned in 1999, it has its original from the 18th Been restored century wooden décor. More of a bar than a restaurant, that's where you know the locals learn to know many of them in the catering industry and in any case, how to party hardy! With live bands, dancing, flirting and drinking, the Palace Saloon is the place to party in Fernandina Beach!
In my next road trip article we'll be heading south on A1A to our nations oldest city. Founded by Ponce de Leon in the year 1513 and home to the Fountain of Youth, this place is just a little drinking town with a fishing boat problem!
About the Author
Michael Talbert lives, works, and plays in
Jacksonville
Beach
and is the owner/operator of
Biker
Leather Ltd.
2010 Harley-Davidson CVO Cruiser Motorcycle Review
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