A bike week just around the corner, bikers from around the country are pulling their motorcycles winter storage and cleaning of their skins in anticipation a motorcycle rally like no other. While Daytona is definitely the place to be the week of March 5th, Florida offers some great stretches of road through landscape pristine to some great biker destinations.

About an hour and a half north of Daytona on A1A lies the bustling beach community of Jacksonville Beach, where we gathered for the start of our road trip, because, well, that's where I'm from! On any given day you'll find bikes and bikers parked and out in the large parking lot Jax Pier. Across the street is the famed biker bar Mango, a great place for bikers to meet, have a good home cooking and fire billiards. The summer weekends in general is a heavy metal band performed outside on the covered terrace. So he put his best jacket leather motorcycle, and we Mango to launch our first road trip to northern Florida.

Our trip will begin the first day of Jax Beach and north on A1A to Fernandina Beach, a quaint little island town with its own attitude. If you follow A1A north, after giving left at Mayport Naval Station, was cruising through marsh at the mouth of the river San Juan and reach an impasse on the ferry in Mayport Village. A traditional fishing village, this is where most North Florida gets their seafood. Shrimp boats, party boats and deep sea line cards of the piers, and you can even take a gambling cruise from here. If you're hungry, there is an old wooden shack sitting in the water that serves some of the best seafood available. Singletons is not much to see, but it's been there forever and people drive miles to sit in the water enjoying the freshest seafood in Florida, while watching the pelicans scrounge for theirs.

Taking the ferry across the river, you again pick up A1A heading north. On your right you will see soon a huge barren sandbar that was formed by the northern docks at the mouth of San Juan. In the eastern edge are the jetties, the Atlantic Ocean and a beach that is full of girls of all shapes and sizes. The western side has a lagoon and the Fort George River inlet. A very wide beach at low tide, vehicles have been swallowed and dragged across the Atlantic because of people Parking a little too close to the water, and take a walk through the dunes. A great place for water skiing, swimming, fishing and surfing, Huguenot Park also has with a primitive camping and RV sites and showers.

For several miles, will cruise through some of the most unexplored wetlands of Florida. Island Hopping by small and big Talbot Islands and Reserve Timacuan, this area is one of the few in Florida untouched by development, and, theoretically, will remain that way. Flora and Fauna abound, and nature lovers flock to the area in rafts and kayaks to navigate the channels in search of trout and redfish.

Heading across the Nassau Sound Bridge to northern Florida, the barrier island, the developments once again start to pop up. The world Amelia Island Plantation recognized complex has large areas of condominiums, detached houses, an Inn rivaled by none, and a huge convention center that draws business worldwide. A community in itself, the Plantation strives, and has done a good job of preserving the natural habitat.

Not to be outdone, the Ritz Carlton is a few miles north and is also a magnet for well-done, with a golf course and all the pampering the Ritz is known for!

Hardly, we A1A into downtown Fernandina Beach. A former fishing village like Mayport, Fernandina is much larger and has many unique and historic buildings. The promenade is dotted with shrimp boats and deep sea charts, and Brent is the restaurant at the pier. Fernandina Beach also holds an annual festival of shrimp in the first weekend in May.

Ending our motorcycle excursion from Jacksonville Beach (near non-stop hours), our last stop is a very popular watering hole for cyclists and locals. The Palace Hall has been there since 1878, and although it burned in 1999, has been restored to its original 18th century wooden décor. More a bar than a restaurant, this is where you get to know the locals, many of which are in the hospitality industry and definitely know how to party Hardy! With live bands, dancing, flirting and drinking, the Palace Lounge is the place to party in Fernandina Beach!

In my next road trip article we head south on A1A to our nations oldest city. Founded by Ponce de Leon in 1513 and home to the fountain of youth, this place is only a tiny drinking town with a fishing problem!

About the Author:

Michael Talbert lives, works, and plays in Jacksonville Beach and is the owner/operator of Biker Leather Ltd.

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