Originally Posted by
Fldaves
John, was that in Starkey Park? Here's a picture of a controlled burn still smoldering while doing my evening ride today.

They're burning there too!

Looks just like the burned out areas in Flatwoods. The wife and I were actually thinking of riding the Suncoast tomorrow from SR 54 to SR 52 and include Starkey Park, because of all the smoke in Flatwoods. Looks as if we may as well stay here and ride.
Got to the park this morning and was going to ride with my buddies Frank and Steve. I really didn't want to do a very fast ride today because I need to rest the legs. They agreed to do a slower, "no shift" ride with me but that only lasted about 4-5 miles before they took off in hammer mode. With the smoke as thick as it was in the park, it was a good thing I did the ride slower because it was hard to breathe and going fast wouldn't have worked out well if I couldn't breathe. So, I did a 14-15 mph. relaxed paced, 45 mile, mostly solo ride.