Theme for the day: Riding the last 40 miles on Rt 90 AND a weather
repeat of the last few days. Thus, I repeat what I wrote yesterday, "Hooray for
another day! A day made in heaven! It was another glorious day to bike in all
ways. I didn’t have to do much to make it a great day because all aspects of
the environments I experienced today were exceptional." I am loving this
weather.
I started biking at 7:30 am turning right on FL 90 and 40
miles later, I turned left off of FL 90 ending our time riding on Rt 90 in FL.
I just quickly calculated that between TX and FL we rode 369 miles on TX 90 and
259 miles on FL 90 for a total of 628 miles on Rt. 90. Rt 90 goes across the entire country.
Bike stats: 77.8
miles ridden in 5 hours and zero minutes of actual biking averaging 15.5 mph
with a maximum speed of 27.9 mph.
Highlights of the
day:
- Finishing 628 miles on Rt 90. The sections in FL were beautiful with a very smooth riding surface and almost totally with a wide bike lane. Not so in TX as we bounced along on the chip and seal surface, often with no bike lane and lots of truck traffic.
- Another exceptional weather day for biking.
- Seeing more beautiful scenery
About to cross the Suwannee River.
The Suwannee River looking west.
Beautiful blackeyed susans along FL 90 with a ranch and
cattle in the background. I saw lots of ranches with steers today. Many sections of the roads we covered with blackeyed susans.
A huge bull at a ranch after getting off FL 90 and getting
onto back, country roads.
Another steer in the same pasture as the bull above.
Cabin 4 where I am sleeping the next two nights. Tomorrow is
a rest day, thus no blog entry. We are staying at a FL state park in High Springs.
I am going kayaking tomorrow morning on a 7 mile float on a nearby river. I won't bring my iPhone with me in a kayak, thus I won't get any action shots.
Make it a great day!
John
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