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]