By Lulu

Biketoberfest was a little weird this year, with COVID-19 keeping Main Street from being the hub of Biketoberfest we were able to take a day for exploring the outskirts on two-wheels. We had about 15 people join us for a day of riding and left from the parking lot of Babe’s Blue Room in Ormond Beach to head out to Renegade’s on the River in Crescent City on CR 309. If you are planning a trip to Bike Week or Biketoberfest and love to ride pretty country roads with little traffic you simply must check out some of the stops we made. Renegade’s is a beautiful St. John’s river front R.V. and cabin rental resort with huge tiki bar, great food and often live music. The day we were there, Outbreak (OBK) had the crowd’s attention! See their ad for dates and time for live music, and their Tuscan style pizza is delicious. Renegade’s always fill up early so book now. Donnie is opening 16 additional RV spots in 2021.

Our next stop was Long’s Log Cabin in Welaka, where we had mouth-watering hot pretzels and a few stiff ones. Tonya and Waylon love to see new people ride in on 2 wheels. They are one of the few bar owners that get on their bikes and ride with us!

With rains potentially coming in, we had to scoot up and make our next stop at Hermit’s Cove in Satsuma, where we sat for a bit in the theater seating and watched the river flow by. This bar is one of those infamous dive bars that you simply must find!

The next stop was Howlin’ Wolf in Melrose right on 100. New owners, Mark and James, keep the beer cold and the drinks strong. The bartenders couldn’t be nicer!

Trying to get home before dark we had to make our way to what was to be our last stop before ending at Iron Horse Saloon for a great band 4 Play. Whenever we are in the Palatka area we stop in at our friend’s Donnie and Amy’s bar 3-D Saloon! We just love these two barkeeps! Amy brings original live music to Palatka so follow them on Facebook.
As we headed for Iron Horse Saloon the skies opened up and we had to DIVE into The Bimini on rt. 100. The wetness kept us there long enough that we missed 4 Play and by the time we got to the Iron Horse, Cowboy was on stage. We honestly couldn’t have had better people to ride with…most were from Brooksville and I was impressed that they were willing to ride out and explore rather than just stay on Main Street. One of the girls, Kim manages Rebar in Brooksville, so if you are on her coast stop in and say hi!