Red,
I lived here 20+ years. Bitch is that anywhere you wanna get to is 350 miles across Death Valley (real pisser in late summer). I love the mountains back east, they have real lakes too (not these little "puddles" they call lakes out here. SH$T...there's one close by, in fact the town is called Lakeside, I can hit a freakin' golfball across this thing, they call it a lake....more like a pond to me). Sorry boyz, I brag all year long that we ride year round here (and we do......), but you guys have real stuff to see. I gotta see the Smokey Mountains soon or someone's gettin hurt.
I did Crater Lake last year (amazing), so I crossed that one off the list of sh$t to do before I die, and I do have a running list of stuff to see (and not on a bike doesn't count...I travel a lot for work, but {IT AIN'T THE SAME}).
Now in Florida, you guy's have the same weather as we do (only we have no bugs, last time I was in West Palm, I saw a misquito big enough to Freak a chicken flat footed), they carry away small children....
Tie your ride down at night.......
All the Best
_Beagle [smiley=cherry.gif]