We make quick work of Mississippi and Alabama today and ended up in Panacea, Florida.
I can tell I’m not in Kansas (OK, Colorado) anymore, Toto. There are trees, lots and lots of trees, birds singing and chirping all over the place and yes, mosquitoes!
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Guess the bugs love all the standing marshes and swamps we’ve been driving past.
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We arrived at our campground in Panacea early enough to get in a short ride. These aren’t part of the “official” ride, so I guess we’ll put them under “bonus miles”. Normally that category is reserved for miles ridden while lost, but I don’t know how else to categorize our ride today. It felt GREAT. It is as flat as a pancake here and we just rode up and down side streets until they dead-ended at the water. Here’s the sign we saw at the end of each road when it got close to the water….
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And, they were serious!
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Tomorrow we join up with Sarah and soon after we’ll start logging “official” miles.