Day 51 C2C 2022 Live Oak to Oleno St Park (Ft White)

 Apr 30, 2022

Day #  51

Live Oak to Oleno St Park

Day 51 2022

Live Oak to Oleno St Park

55.57 miles total miles 2775

Time 4:21/ 5:51

Ave speed 12.8

Max speed 23.2

Elevation gained/ lost/net/max 1010/ 984/ 26/ 193

Min temp 66

Ave temp 82

Conditions: Started with a warm morning; getting warmer but n red very really hot. Head winds were again a problem but only minor. 

Notes: Beautiful somewhat easy day of riding It got warmer but never too hot; the roads were good with a few minor hills. The head winds were minor , but existed 😡. The end point was a very nice state park (Oleno St Park). You got to see the unsoiled north Florida in the park. The past days we have been in the Florida " Spring Country ".

Two days left and a little over 100 miles.

Rider Dr. John cracked his carbon top tube yesterday and with my suggestion he made a splint from two metal strips, epoxy and duct tape, This repair seems to be working and should last for the last two days.  

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Florida has had the best ditch wild flower (they leave Texas in the dust in this regard)

Cow resting in the shade under a live oak tree

Mail boxes around here often face the ditch instead of the road---you can see the mail vehicle tracks in the ditch. 

Large dead tree

Day 50 C2C 2022 Tallahassee to Live Oak

Apr 29, 2022

Day #  50

Tallahassee to Live Oak

Day 50 2022

Tallahassee to Live Oak

77.06 miles total miles 2720

Time 5:55/ 7:43

Ave speed 13.0

Max speed 24.6

Elevation gained/ lost/net/max 1850/ 1742/ 108/ 205

Min temp 59

Ave temp 81

Conditions:Partly cloudy, cool at 60 warming to the low 80's. Minor head head wind problems again today, but overall pleasant riding conditions.

Notes:This was an "average" ride. There were head winds, but generally not serious; the same be said about the hills. The highlight. was Greenville; the birth place of Ray Charles. We are staying at a county fairgrounds and we got to watch the local horse group do some calf roping.

Three more days of riding. About 170 miles left.

Court House in Monticello

RC plaque 

Lynn with Ray

Me with Ray

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The following is photos of the horse event at the fairgrounds

 

Day 49 C2C 2022 Marianna to Tallahassee

 Apr 28, 2022

Day #  49

Marianna to Tallahassee

Day 49 2022

Marianna to Tallahassee

85.6xx miles total miles yy

Time xx

Ave speed xx

Max speed xx

Elevation gained/ lost/net/max xx/ yy/ zz/ aa

Min temp xx

Ave temp xx

Max temp xx

Conditions: Long day on the saddle ; some head winds aloft hills for Florida, some quite steep. It became warm to hot over the day

Notes: Not much to say about today other than it was a long day in the saddle. This was a relative hilly day considering we are in flat Florida. Crossing the Apalachicola River we entered our final time zone. This cause us to be an hour later to our over night site. The good news about that was we are stay in a Red Roof Inn. Only 4 more days of riding; about ~250 miles left.

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About 10 of us stop at this Subway for lunch

Day 48 C2C 2022 DuFuniak Springs to Marianna

 Wednesday Apr 27, 2022

Day #  48

DuFuniak Springs to Marianna

Day 48 2022

DuFuniak Springs to Marianna

68.68 miles total miles 2557

Time 4:53/ 6:39

Ave speed 14.0

Max speed 29.6

Elevation gained/ lost/net/max 1542/ 1552/ -10/ 296

Min temp 57

Ave temp 78

Conditions: Cool to start becoming warm. Mostly a pleasant day. The roads were good with minor hills here and there.

Notes: This was another "easy" day but a bit longer than yesterday. Not much to say here

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Worm Fiddling 

another SAG stop

Day 47 C2C 2022 Milton to DeFuniak Springs

Apr 26,2022

Day #  47

Milton to DeFuniak Springs

Day 47 2022

Milton to DeFuniak Springs

54.39 miles total miles 2488

Time 3:31/ 4:33

Ave speed 15.4

Max speed 27.4

Elevation gained/ lost/net/max 971/ 876/ 95/ 331

Min temp 70

Ave temp 78

Conditions:Fog for about 5-10 miles then overcast and humid, becoming very warm and muggy.

Notes: Lee and Vickie would have loved this ride---- FAST and FLAT!!!!!!😆 The start was in a heavy fog which took awhile  to lift. The road conditions allowed a fast pace all ride. With the chance of thunder storms, we did not linger at SAG stops except at the "Simply Good BBQ" for BBQ lunch. Then it on the RV park for the overnight stop. 

It's a little after 4 pm now and the Thunder storm is now approaching; time to batten down the hatches.

The mass start this morning

SAG #1

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View of the RV park for its lake shore