Happy to have finished the Lake Okeechobee section of the Florida Trail today! After having previously biked from Lakeport to Port Mayaca and the return trip, today I completed biking completely around the lake by going from Clewiston in the south to Port Myaca on the east side of the lake. This 61-mile trip was very grueling due to the strong northerly headwind going to Port Mayaca. I was also very surprised to see that the trail degraded to a dirt/pebble-filled path for nearly 1/3 of the trip after starting on a wide, paved pathway. My Pinarello F10 Dogma road bike was not a good choice for the degraded pathway, so I returned using the highway surrounding the lake. The road had lots of large trucks but did have a good shoulder. For those choosing to bike ride around Lake Okeechobee, I highly recommend using the existing highways rather than the actual Florida Trail on the dike.