WINE FESTIVAL AT FLORIDA ESTATES WINERY
AND AFTERNOON AT TARPON SPRINGS
Saturday, May 14 (weather permitting)
Drive Time = 2:00
Total Time = 4:00
Total Miles = 65

Departure from Waffle House near I4/I75 crossover
Travel north through Cypress Creek, Congress Park, and Conner Preserve.
Stop at Florida Estates Winery for WINE FESTIVAL (one hour break)
Continue west through Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park to Tarpon Springs
Arrival and GTG in Tarpon Springs (Lunch optional at Hellas Restaurant)

ITINERARY
10:00AM Meet 'n Greet; Waffle House, 6502 N US Hwy 301, (see map)
10:30AM KSU/Departure
11:30AM Arrive at Florida Estates Winery
12:30PM KSU/Departure
13:30PM GTG; Hellas Restaurant, 785 Dodecanese Boulevard, Tarpon Springs

This ride is limited to no more than ten (10) people (riders and passengers).

Can't make the ride? Meet in Tarpon Springs!
If you can't make the ride and want to meet in Tarpon Springs, then let me know - we can make that GTG as large as we want!

Please RSVP with a YES or NO for lunch at the Hellas Restaurant, so I can reserve space at the restaurant for lunch.

I will contact each person who signs up with further info.

Deadline to sign up is May 13 at 12 noon

 

Can't give you a definite yet, but I'm interested!

 

Yeah, I can see if you are in Brevard County, that would be a bit of a hike for you.
Let me know.

 

Hey if you are in the area your should join sage trident and I on tampasportbikes.com for local events.

 

I'm interested in the ride. Lunch would depend on how I'm doing with cash that week.

 

Gonna be going here after our ride:

Dime City Cycles Grand Opening Party! « Dime City Diatribe

Should be one huge bike day!

 

Caught my eye. Personal schedules might conflict, too early to tell. RSVP request understood.

 

To make this worthwhile, we need at least four committed bikes.

Also, some people may have conflicts for that Saturday.
Would Saturday the 21st be better?

For now, we'll keep it at the 14th, unless I hear a greater majority would like to do it on the 21st.

Thanks

 

Bump with update to original post.

Please re-read the original post if you haven't viewed it since April 30.
This ride WILL take place on Saturday, May 14

 

I rode out on the first half of the trip this morning to check out the route.
Aside from a couple of bumps on one leg, the route is quite good.

BIG NOTE FOR EVERYONE GOING TO THE WINERY:
You will need a kickstand pad
The winery is on a country road with parking on their grassy lot.
The grassy lot is too soft to hold up our bikes and we can't park on the road because it's too narrow. So either bring a kickstand pad or bring something that will work like one.

The festival starts at 11AM and the music starts at 12 noon. They will have snack food available from vendors, but there are no details about the kind of food. However, we'll leave for Tarpon Springs at 12:30 so we can have lunch by 1:30.

By the way:
The wine tasting is $3.50 and you get to try all their wines for that price.

 

As of today, the extended forecast for Saturday is a 30% chance of showers.
Fingers crossed that will change for the better!

Who's in?

 

The weather forecast has no rain until late in the evening and into Sunday.

So... the ride is ON.

As of now, we have four bikes confirmed and three other bikes unconfirmed.

Let me know...

 

wish i could go but i gotta work the morning hours
titan,join the local site,alot of things go on and meet and eats and such.could probably hook more more often.
theres alot more superhawks in the area than i realized.
www.tampasportbikes.com

 

Yeah, I re-posted the invite to this ride on tampasportbikes.
I have a different handle on that forum - you'll see.

 

Cool,I will find it.

 

I am going to try to make this, but when I came in tonight I smelled burning plastic...

 

How was the ride? I couldn't make it because of work. Are you going to post pics?

 

Yeah... I posted the invite on tampasportbikes.com and, since no one from here showed, I followed up on that forum. Pics were posted by one of the riders.

Here's the thread:
Tampasportbikes.com