Miles today: 38

Miles total: 303

I started out today with hopes of riding all the way to Tallahassee. Sixty two miles or so. Didn’t happen. Thirty minutes into my ride, the sky opened up with a torrential rain. I got to try out my new rain gear. It worked like a charm. Once I made it 36 miles to Monticello the threat of more rain and thunder and lightning convinced me to start looking for a place to stay. I checked with the warmshowers.org site and found a fantastic host just a little over a mile away. Maria and Diane have been warm showers hosts for over 15 years at their farm. They offered me a private room with a private bath and dinner to boot! Maria said I can stay an extra day too. I’m due for a rest day, so I might take them up on their hospitality. All they ask in return is for me to send them a postcard from San Diego!

Not many pix from today. Too rainy.

Before I left the Best Western, I met a couple of friendly snowbirds. Ray and Joanne from Arlington, TX. They were heading back there from Florida for the summer. He’s a retired truck driver born in Jerusalem and immigrated here with only a couple hundred bucks in his pocket.  She’s a retired legal secretary. Both widowed, they met on match.com! I think he said he’s 84, but I may be mistaken, he sure didn’t look like it.

Here I am on the Ray Charles Memorial Highway trying out my rain gear.

I had to mess with the saturation of this picture to try and get the snake colors to come out. Anyone know what kind he is?Here’s my room at the Goat farm. Nice, eh?

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