{"id":483,"date":"2025-11-03T20:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:49:28","slug":"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-aroun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"Lake Okeechobee section of the Florida Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0331-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0331-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0331-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0331-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0331-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0331.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stopping for break on Florida Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0333-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0333-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0333-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0333-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0333-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0333.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Port Mayaca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0332-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0332-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0332-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0332-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0332-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0332.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Port Mayaca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0328-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0328-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0328-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0328-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0328.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Florida Trail on Lake Okeechobee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0326-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0326-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0326-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0326-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0326-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0326.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/0F00B6F3-1456-444B-8CAE-D75836FABADD\/tmp\/-871574815\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Port Mayaca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img_0325.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harvesting sugar cane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling","category-florida-trail","tag-florida-trail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1316,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/1316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}