I ride there every year, be back again! Stay in St. Augustine, usually we pay about $70 per night in St. Augustine Beach (usually Americas Best Value Inn or Sleep Inn) and it makes for a wonderful one hour ride to Daytona on A1A every morning! If you want to be closer and more south then a stay at DeLand is usually good and inexpensive, too.

On the way to Key West I suggest you see Coral Castle, it is a surreal experience if you never been there.

I don't know if I can ride to Key West yet, depends on work, but would like to have breakfast/lunch with you guys in Daytona at some point!