Complete. I can claim that I’ve sailed and cycled across the country! What an exhilaration! I ended up dipping my tires into the Atlantic around 5:30PM. The complete trip took 46 days beginning in San Diego on June 28th. As far as today’s trek went it was great. When I go into Penney Farms I saw a sign that showed that I had 35 more miles to go until St. Augustine. I’ve cycled nearly 3000 miles to see a sign with the name “St. Augustine” on it – I then decided to take a picture. The sign happened to be on the edge of a golf course where some older gentlemen were play-ing through. They saw me and approached, a common effect the Ptero-sail has on people. I met John who was 98 years old! Another gentleman had heard about my trek across country. Amazing! We spoke for a few minutes and took some pictures. What a great group of individuals. Shortly after entering St. Augustine it started to pour. Although it was raining, my spirits were soaring! Before I knew it the rain had stopped and the sun was out. I got a phone call from a reporter from the St. Augustine Record. We met up at the beach where we had an interview and snapped some pictures. I then proceeded towards the Atlantic to make it official. Touchdown. I want to thank everyone that supported us throughout the trip. Its been an amazing journey .... I’ve been touched by the amount of interest that the Pterosail would generate when going through big cities and small towns alike... so many thumbs up signs ... endless words of encouragement .... I’ll always remember that unforget-table stare of bewilderment from folks seeing the Pterosail for the first time ... and then the subsequent smile and wave! Stay tuned for more video and pictures and few thoughts on using the wind to travel across the country!

Howdy folks. With any luck we'll be in St. Augustine this afternoon. Tentatively, barring any unforseen circumstances - we plan on being at the St. Augustine beach from 3 - 5 PM. We welcome anyone in the area interested in meeting up / checking out the Pterosail. Just look for the trike with the huge pterodatcyl sail! If you still can't find us; feel free to give me a call directly at 319-936-1289. Hope to see you there!

Today was a hard trek. The winds were at a constant 15 MPH coming from the SE; my route. Gusts of winds reached 21. For the first half of the day it was pretty tough, however, it got easier after I hit highway 100. However, shortly after going on highway 100 I went through quite a bit of rain. The most since the trip started in fact. I pulled underneath some trees where I was able to escape the worst of the rain. Additionally the solar panels provided additional protection - but not completely. My legs and shoes definitely weren’t. After a few minutes I still got completely soaked! I tried to wait it out for about 20 minutes, then gave up and started pedaling. After I did so it stopped raining after about 5 minutes. The good news was that the wind had subsided so I didn’t have to deal with any headwinds. I can’t believe that tomorrow (with any luck) this adventure will come to a close. I feel like I just started ... amazing what all those miles can add up to!

Most of the day was spent going through lots of woody areas. I enjoyed it because I liked to cycle in the shade; its much cooler. Unfortunately, there was a fairly constant headwind between 5-10 MPH coming from mostly the east. I should note that here in Florida I’ve seen more roadkill - than in any other state. Most of the roadkill are possums. Again, as with almost all days - there is a tremendous amount of curiosity about the Pterosail. I met “Dusty” who worked at a convenience store who seemed to get a huge kick out of the Pterosail. She mentioned that her kids would have loved to see it. Just as she was checking out the Pterosail a pickup pulled up with a half dozen kids in the back. They went crazy when they saw the Pterosail! Without a doubt, the best part of this adventure has been meeting people. It will be missed.

Most of the morning was spent getting the “new” Pterosail ready. I switched over the electric regeneration system. I checked out the brakes, tires and inspected the sailing system. Everything looked good. The new Pterosail is actually a slightly older model - its a bit closer to the ground than the current model. I’ll have to be even more careful around potholes and bumps on the road! Today’s trek was very short - really just getting to the other side of Tallahassee. I went through the heart of Tallahassee. Boy did people notice! I had a few people that drove out in front of me, hopped out of their cars and take pictures. I even had a professional photographer that snapped a few pictures and gave me his card; FYI FotosByFeliciano.com


Here's the article from Rick who works with the Pensacola Independent News. Read it here.