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| Crushing it today |
Knowing I had a big day ahead, I departed Tallahassee at dawn this morning.
But with favorable road conditions—and no headwinds for the first time in a couple of weeks—I rode the 86.8 miles to Live Oak in just over eight hours, which is pretty fast for me.
The nicest town I passed through today was Monticello, which has some beautiful houses along Hwy 90.
The scariest town was Live Oak, where the downtown motels appear to have morphed into crack houses.
My Live Oak motel—the EconoLodge—is across from Walmart in the northern part of town. The motel clerk assured me that the lodge, though a wee bit rundown and shabby, is quiet, and that I should be able to get a good night’s sleep here.
Quote of the tour thus far came from the clerk at the Family Dollar store in the tiny town of Lee today.
She said a man once sold produce by the highway out in front of the store. “It seemed like a great idea until the logging truck hit him,” she said.
DM: 86.8; TM: 2,893.5; 8:09 hrs rdg; 10.6 mph avg spd; 2,040 ft climbing
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| Dawn start |
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| Monticello FL |
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| Great shoulder |
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| Suwannee River |
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| Live Oak complex |
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| Live Oak EconoLodge |
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