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Alachua to Palatka, Fl - 70.8 miles

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:41:01 -1000

Well, we are almost there - over 3,100 miles and only about 47 to go tomorrow!!! We will be escorted into St. Augustine by the fire department and police - should be great. Today was a nice ride - very pretty with the spanish moss on the trees, etc. We had lunch , see above. at Alligator’s Landing on the St. John River - really nice!! Alligator tastes like chicken. We stopped first at 31 flavors for a sundae - I like desert before lunch!! :)

Perry to Alachua, Fl. - 83 miles

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:33:53 -1000

This was a pleasant and fun ride. It was through some interesting countryside again and we stopped at fun places. First stop was at a cafe owned by the family of one of our riders- great food!! Next stop was at Ichetucknee Springs Park - a beautiful place with a pool that was great for swimming if you don’t mind snakes swimming with you!! Next stop was Floyds dinner for ice cream, etc. You see how our days go. The 83 miles went quickly and we got to our “Days Inn” motel - not the greatest. Two more days to go - over 3,000 miles behind us - can’t believe it!!

Wailulla (Crawfordvlle) to Perry - 54 miles

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:30:57 -1000

Rain was predicted and rain it did!!! However, our motel was the Hampton Inn - what service!!! Served wine, strawberries dipped in chocolate and just about every kind of drimk you could want - we had quite a party and since it was raining we got to eat inside around tables instead of on our white plastic chairs outside - small pleasures :)

Quincy to Wakulla Springs, FL -47.5

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:03:13 -1000

We have a lovely Hotel and room is wonderful with 4 big soft pillows!!! We stopped at Wal Mart for supplies as we are rather out in the country with no real eating establishments so tomorrow on our day off we can picnic!! Our day of was fun - we rode to Wakulla Springs park and took a boat ride down the River - 200 million gallons of water feed it every month - saw all kinds of animal life - fun!!!

Marianna to Quincy, Fl

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:37:47 -1000

This was an uneventful ride but much more interesting than our 90 miles yesterday. We had a fantastic dinner as usual and an early evening as we change time zones to Eastern and lose an hour today.

My pictures of the “clothesline” is what most of our Motel grounds look like after we descend!!! What modesty!!
The other is of several ants moving a potato chip across the driveway, up a curb and into the grass!!!!

Crestview to Marianna, FL. - 90 miles

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:11:16 -1000

Our last 90 mile day!!! It went relatively quickly - although, we had a 13-15 mph wind in our face all day. Judy and I drafted the whole way changing every 10 miles at first and then every 5 miles so that helped a lot!! The Floriday Panhandle is really pretty boring compared to some of the country we have travelled through.

The picture above is one from Mississippi!! Tried to get a longhorn all the way through Texas to no avail but love this one.

Pensacola to Crestview, FL - 56.5 miles

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:13:03 -1000

The rides are getting easier as they are mostly flat and the weather is warm with little or no winds - really makes a differance. Our ride took us through the Black Forest for about 10 miles and then our lunch stop at the cozy corner Grill - love the sign!!!

Not long now - we only have about a week to go :(

Dauphin Island to Pensacola - 64 miles

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:07:40 -1000

Here we are - getting on the Ferry to Ft. Morgan and on our way to Pensacola. Our ride was along the Bay a lot of the way - very flat and very beautiful with it’s white sand beaches.

Dauphine Island Day off

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:59:43 -1000

This is a delightful Beach Island - the above picture shows the bridge we biked over to get to it - tomorrow, we will take the ferry to go to the other side. There was a lot of hurricane damage but rebuilding is ongoing and everything looks good - relaxed, cleaned my bike, took a swim in the ocean and enjoyed sightseeing.

Pascagoula, Ms to Dauphin Island, AL 42 m

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1000

This was an amazing ride across a 3.5 mile bridge that looked scary from a distance but turned out to be a lot of
fun - kind of like a roller coaster!! Lunch at a great
seaside fish restaurant - shrimp “Poboys” and my new
Biker family - tried to trade bikes but no go!!! We are
staying at a condo on the beach and will have a day off
tomorrow - we need it and it is great to be warm again.
Since we passed into Alabama we had our usual margarital party.