From the heavy rain last night the tent fly was soaking wet inside and out. The tent itself and the ground cloth were surprisingly not that wet. It was still pretty humid and mostly overcast as we started riding at about 8:30 am. Today’s ride had very few hills and those were small so it was a very flat ride and we made good time. With a tail wind much of the day we were riding 16 mph much of the day and occasionally at 18 mph with little effort. The roads remained very rural with little traffic. There were also very few placed to stop which combined to get us 55 miles down the road before 2:00 pm. From Suwanee River State Park we headed towards Wellborn, the only town on the route today. We stopped for refreshments at a convenience store when we crossed US 129. See the photo of the “organized” pickup truck cab below! The driver could barely see over the junk on the dashboard. From US 129 we headed towards Wellborn thinking that there would be a restaurant, but the only one had close only a couple of months ago. There was another convenience store on the far edge of town so we stopped there and ate sandwiches. We also unpacked our tents while eating lunch at a convenience store to dry them out. The skies cleared considerably in the afternoon and the ride to our campground was very pleasant and leisurely. We are the Family Ichetrucknee Campground next to the state park. There are only 3 bicycling days left and this is the last night of camping for the trip – motels/hostel the rest of the way. NO MORE CAMPTOWEL - YES!!!!
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| Well organized and practicing "Safety First" - NOT!! The man could barely see over the dashboard. |
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| Cotton bales. |
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| For days we've seen large oak trees all along the route. Really pretty with the moss hanging down. |
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| Last night of camping. Thanks again to Al for lending me the Burley trailer. |
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