Boca Grande – a Grand Day!

 

We enjoyed bicycling in Boca Grande Thursday on the 6.5 mile trail that runs on the old RR bed from one end of  the island to the other.  We started on the south end at the State Park and began by walking on the beach and visiting the light house museum for a briefing on the history of the island. The railroad brought phosphates to the docks for ocean shipping.

After the first third of the trail we headed east to a harbor side restaurant for lunch.  After rejoining  the trail and heading north, we soon passed through the main part of town enjoying the extensive  landscaping. We stopped at the Loose Caboose restaurant which is in the old depot for ice cream.

We then biked to the north end of the trail, and on the return we detoured into one of the exclusive neighborhoods and admired the homes on the water. After Irene  did some shopping in town and we rode back to the start point, it was near five o’clock. Upon arriving back at the truck, we had ridden sixteen miles.