It got down to around 32 degrees last night. While I was cozy in my sleeping bag, I had ice on the inside of the tent rain fly and frost on the outside. The bike and trailer were also coated with heavy frost. However, it was very sunny from the beginning and stayed that way all day. After packing the trailer I headed for the KOA recreation center for their continental breakfast which was excellent and the hostess extremely friendly and helpful. We were riding shortly after 8:00 am. The route today was entirely on US90 which yesterday had heavy traffic. Not so today; the road was great with a very nice shoulder and courteous drivers. All in all it was a very enjoyable bicycle touring day. We stopped in Holt for a short break and met and talked with quite a few locals interested in our trip. Then it was on to Crestview for another break and on to Mossy Head where we ate lunch at a small but very good restaurant. From Mossy Head it was only about 11 miles to our destination for this evening - the Jupiter Lake RV Campground a few miles north of DeFuniak Springs, FL. The owner let Ray and I borrow a pickup truck to go back to town for groceries and camp stove fuel. I showered after we returned while Dan cooked dinner; a concoction of Dinty Moore stew, canned green beans and rice - better than you might think. Adrian and I shared a washer and dryer to do a load of laundry before our map meeting. Tomorrow's ride is also entirely along US90 - hopefully with conditions similar to today. It is supposed to get down to around 30 degrees again tonight then begin a warm up over the next few days - back to 70s for highs and upper 40s/lower 50s for lows. It will be nice not to have to cycle with so many clothes on and wake up to above freezing conditions - hopefully for the remainder of the trip. Vicky's brother lives on the route tomorrow so she is going to ride all the way to Marianna (our destination for tomorrow night and a layover day on Sunday). Her sister-in-law is going to pick her up tomorrow afternoon for a visit on Sunday then return her to Marianna Monday morning where she'll catch up with us. Best wishes for a nice visit Vicky.
For those interested in how Susi is doing: She returned to work Thursday and worked again today. She sounded tired when I talked to her tonight. Hopefully she can get a much needed restful weekend at home. That'll be easier for her to do without me there. My older sister, Debbie, stopped by yesterday on her way back to Quad Cities after a visit with our niece, Jill, and her family in Tulsa, OK. Susi really appreciated the visit.
Fred
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| Lunch in Mossy Head, FL |
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| Lakeside camping tonight. Beautiful spot. Took a while to dry out the tent from this morning's frost. |
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