Dinner last night was delicious. We ate at a BBQ joint named Sonny's. I think it is a chain as I've seen similar restaurants before in the south. The full rack of baby backs was superb! It was a pretty nice night for camping last night. I think it only got down into the 50s. We were up by 6:00 am, finished with breakfast and on the road by about 7:30 am. Riding today was excellent with mild temperatures, sunny skies and very scenic roadways. We took backroads for the first 15 miles from Marianna to Grand Ridge; very rural and very scenic. As we neared Grand Ridge we spotted road kill and RJ, Dan, Gary and I studied it to try and figure out what it was. At first we thought alligator but from the pieces/parts finally decided it must have been a combination of an alligator making love to a muskrat in the middle of the road when they were run over by a something big. Actually it was probably a large turtle but that doesn't explain the fur? Anyway, we stopped at a convenience store in Grand Ridge for snacks then were off to Sneads and Chattaoochee. Just before Chattahoochee we entered the eastern time zone and lost an hour. We also had lunch at Jimmy's where they had a lunch buffet. I filled up on fried chicken and sweet tea. Our last segment took us through Midway and finally to the University Inn in Tallahassee. We arrived at 4:15 pm eastern time so we made pretty good time today. For dinner tonight we were met by Jim, a local Adventure Cycling Association member who has considerable touring experience - including the Southern Tier in 2009, who drove us in his van to an Italian restaurant. Before dinner, Jim drove us to a large, 300-500 year old oak tree known as the Lichgate Oak (photo). It was nearly dark when we got there but the tree certainly was impressive.
Today is Susi and my anniversary. Happy anniversary to the love of my life.
Tomorrow's ride is only 45 miles to a KOA in Waukeenah, FL.
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