TOTAL MILES BIKED: 2,571
From the Captain: After two days rest, we left Pensacola with fresh legs and a beautiful sunny day. The route ran along Scenic Hwy. which is a high bluff overlooking Pensacola Bay. It was surprisingly hills but at this point in the trip, we handle them well. We passed two very unusual houses overlooking the bay. Note all the security cameras on one of the houses. After traveling back roads with little traffic and crossing Blackwater River several times, we ended up on US 90. We ended up in Mossey Head after biking our highest mileage day of 77 miles.
We are 14 miles from starting our last set of maps which means St. Augustine is 442 miles away. At 60 miles per day, our trip will be complete in 7.5 days. At 70 miles per day, we will be done in 6.3 days.
We're into the countdown phase now and if there is anything I've learned on this adventure, it is how to countdown. The 7 day weatherforecast is for clear and dry with the days in the high 70's and the nights in the 50's. How lucky can we get. If we don't have any mishaps, our trip should end by next weekend.
From the Stoker: As we get closer to St. Augustine, some of you following our blog and the map wonder why we have 442 miles when the Florida map shows something less that 300 miles. Unlike every other biker we have met traveling this directions, we have followed the map exactly as it is written. The bike company that made these maps keep us off main highways and expressways as much as possible. It is safer, less traffic, and so much more beautiful and interesting. BUT, it puts quite a few more miles in the saddle for us
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