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Old 09-28-11, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by TacomaSailor
Another Florida Hill story:

I spent three months with my Dad in Cape Coral Florida a couple years ago - I stopped in the local bike shop to ask where I could ride to get some uphill work so I would not suffer to much when I got back to Puget Sound.

The shop said they do a local hill climb and gave me the address - it turned out to be the Cape Coral bridge over the Caloosahatchee River - the road rises from 5' to 65' in a 1/2 mile - that was the local hill climb!
The highest point in the state of Florida is about half the elevation of 35th Ave in West Seattle.
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