More North Florida

Day 49
Today took us on a lengthy 77-mile ride to High Springs from Madison. We crossed the Suwanee River and ended at the O'Leno State Park just north of High Springs. We're staying in "rustic" Cabins.. (HINT: no AC, ripped screens, bugs, and lots of good old Florida HEAT!). We have a rest day tomorrow, our last, which should be nice. and Blake is coming for a visit! Yahoo!
We have FIREFLIES!!!! Haven't seen them in ages! Cool!

The Suwanee River (in serious overcast)

heading into O'Leno State Park

Rustic Cabin

my suite

Day 48
Our ride from Tallahassee to Madison was only 48 miles but took us through some interesting towns like Monticello and Greenville. The courthouse in Monticello looked much like some of the turn of the century ones in Texas and Greenville was the childhood home of Ray Charles. While in town at our SAG stop we met a woman who had been friends with the famous musician. She came to Madison later that evening to entertain us with stories about both Ray Charles and herself.
We stayed at the North Florida Community College in the gym.. The school is a very nice campus with excellent facilities. The town of Madison caters to cyclists with long bike routes all around the county on little-traveled roads and many, many historic homes to see. Our route didn't take us along any of the 103 miles of surrounding roads so I'm planning to come back to ride here soon.

Courthouse in Monticello

another gym night...