On April 1, Al Reszel climbed upon his bike at the southern-most point of the United States in Key West, Florida, where he embarked on a 3,500-mile journey to Albany, Minnesota.
In the next few days, Al Reszel biked along the mangroves flanked by the Gulf of Mexico on his left and the Atlantic Ocean to his right.
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