Day 55 - April 20, 2010 - Coast to Coast

TOTAL MILES BIKED: 2697

From the Captain:

I've learned a lot of things on this trip but one thing I knew before the trip was Never Trust the Weatherman! Leaving Pensacola the prediction was for a week of clear weather which we were really excited about. When we finished riding last night the skies opened up and we had to set up in the rain. We stayed in Florida Caverns State Park and couldn't look around till this morning. We were camping near a natural spring which has formed a beautiful blue hole and clear river running out. Also in the park was a swamp with a caution about alligators.

We left with partly cloudy skies, no wind and rode thru some beautiful back country roads. Another thing we learned was that Florida is not flat. We ran into some hills with over 200ft. climbs and we really felt it in the quads after doing 150 miles in the last two days. We rode thru a little town called Quincy which had a lot of big homes in it, contrary to what you would normally expect. We found out that their are more millionaires in this area than any where in the US. Reason being, a local banker told the citizens to buy Coca Cola stock right after it was initially issued.

As we drove thru town, which had the old time court house in the center of town, we found a coffee shop (which meant sweets). We stopped and as we were enjoying our break, a local started conversation with us. He was totally blown away by what we were doing and said we needed to be on the news. We told him that we were disappointed that the MS society did so little to draw attention to the cause. We didn't need it for us, but we thought any attention they could get would increase the donations. This fellow immediately called public radio in Tallahassee. Annette talked to them and they said they would be out in a minute to interview us but were tied up with the happenings in the Florida congress which was making a lot of important decisions. Oh well. Got on the bike and rode off noticing the sky getting dark. We located Carol who was several miles down the road and told her to get the trailer unlocked. We got there just as the sky opened up! Close call. Although we were disappointed we didn't get to our destination, we were happy to be done early. We got in 54 miles.

We want to thank Big Oak RV park in Tallahassee for their generous help. They have a really nice park with helpful staff. They are located at 4024 N. Monroe ST. 850-562-4660.