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Another day on Highway U.S. 98
Day 10: Crawfordville, FL to Perry, FL; 54.6 miles, 82 degrees Today was the second day in row that we spent all or most of the day on U.S. 98. It was a shorter route today – only 54.6 miles and it was all inland so there were no views of the bay or beautiful
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Oyster capital, fog, and U.S. Highway 98
Day 9: Port St Joe, FL to Crawfordville, FL; 73.9 miles, fog, sun and 89 degrees So, who knew, but Apalachicola, FL is the proclaimed Oyster Capital of the World, but we did not see any oysters LOL. We rode around Apalachicola Bay today and through a few small towns before arriving in Crawfordville. It’s
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Forgotten Coast
Day 8: Panama City, FL to Port St. Joe, FL, 40.6 miles, 82 degrees About half of our morning ride was alongside Tyndall Air Force Base – that is a long base with quite a bit of construction underway to repair and rebuild after the hurricane. Our morning stop was in Mexico Beach. Our afternoon
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Ice cream and the beach
Day 7 – Off the bike in Panama City Today was an off day that started for me with a Bible Study Fellowship leaders’ meeting. We have now completed our study of Revelation and I was so glad to be able to join the ladies via Zoom. While I was attending the meeting, Bill started
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We’re riding, it must be windy
Day 6: Destin, FL to Panama City, FL; 53.3 miles Well, we have gotten to the beaches and it is the weekend, so the roads were a bit busier today. We spent a bit of time riding along Front Beach Road with a view of many private beaches…don’t even think about walking down to any
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Gulf Islands National Seashore
Day 5: Pensacola, FL to Destin, FL with bridges and seashore and lots of traffic in Destin; 55 miles, 82 degrees We spent half the day on a busy highway as we traveled through Fort Walton and Destin. We didn’t see any living fish today, but we did see this guy holding up a mailbox.
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Ferry to Fort to Florida
Dauphin Island, AL to Pensacola, FL: 63.2 miles, including 5 by ferry, windy and 86 degrees We rode a few miles to the Mobile Bay ferry, which took us to Fort Morgan, AL. From disembark, we rode to Gulf Shores, AL. Lunch was across from the Flori Bama bar. Not the right time of day
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Dauphin Island
Day 3: Pascagoula, MS to Dauphin Island, AL; 43 miles, partly sunny, less headwind, 80 degrees Today was a shorter ride and it was nice to have the afternoon off the bikes. We rode across a long bridge to Dauphin Island (a warm-up for the Keys) and are staying at the aptly named, Gulf Breeze
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More beaches, bridges, and breeze
Day 2; Bay St Louis, MS to Pascagoula, MS; 53.7 miles, stiff headwind, cloudy and 81 We had rain clouds chasing us all morning, but we were able to outrun them and ended the day with no rain. We were told that the stiff headwind was keeping the storms at bay. I’ll take wind over
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Easter Blessings: He is Risen!
Bridges, Bayou, Breeze and Beaches: Day 1 New Orleans to Bay St. Louis 69.7 miles, 82 degrees, 15 mph SSE wind with gusts Luke 24:5b-6a “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Today was a tough first day of riding. One of the longest days
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