It was pretty cold again last night. Depending on who I talked to it may have been 26 degrees or it may have only been 36 degrees – either way, pretty cold for tent camping. It was sunny from the start and the fog on the lake next to where we camped was pretty. We started riding just after 7:30 am after a nice warm breakfast; instant oatmeal and hot chocolate for me. My feet froze right off the bat. We had to cycle 3.5 miles to get back to US90 and head east. Some of us stopped for a second breakfast at 9:00 am in Westville, FL. I mainly stopped to thaw my feet. We had cycled through Argyle and Ponce DeLeon before breakfast. Then it was on through Caryville, Bonefay and Chipley where we took a break at a gas station/convenience store. We passed Adrian and Vicky at a restaurant in Chipley and Ray peeled off to ride with them. RJ, Dan, Gary and I kept going on to Cottondale where we took another short break before heading on to Marianna. Arrowhead RV Park and Campground is on the east side of Marianna and is where we are camped for tonight and tomorrow night. It was another nice sunny day cycling in along US90 in Florida. There was little wind but there were a number of hills, but still very nice. Vicky rode the 21 miles from Chipley to Marianna then stopped for her sister-in-law to pick her up and take her back to Chipley for a visit with her brother. She’ll catch us on Monday as we ride from Marianna to Tallahassee. The woman working at the office of the RV park lent us her small KIA SUV to drive to a restaurant for dinner. There was supposed to be a BBQ place across the road but it is closed. It took two trips to get us all to Jim’s Buffet. It was pretty good. I had a catfish, fried clam strips and several different types of shrimp and did not walk away hungry. I used Pat Faircloth’s and my philosophy of; the second plateful is the “breakeven” course and the third is the “I got more than my money’s worth” course. And then there was peach cobbler and ice cream for dessert. There was also plenty of “sweet tea”.
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| Fog on the lake as we start the day in DeFuniak Springs. Cold - but pretty. |
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| Gary and his shadow pedaling in the early morning. |
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| Setting up camp on a lake outside Marianna, FL |
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| Bog at water's edge next to our tent sites. And this is "Gator" country - safe? |
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