St. Augustine, FL to East Palatka, FL
47 miles
Total so far: 106
Sspanish moss drapes the limbs of live oaks near the shores of the St. John's River
We arrived in East Palatka after a fairly short ride. Services in the area are scarce, as this is the only campground for many miles. Today’s ride was entirely uneventful, except of course if I were to neglect to include the beautiful weather.
We had a wonderful lunch in a little cafe in Hastings where the locals got quite a kick out of us when we told them where we were headed. There was one ancient fellow there having lunch with his friends and he says to me, “Sorry I knocked those bikes down out there, they tip over pretty easily.” We had a good laugh over that one. I told him he always pulls that one down at the local biker bar.
Setting camp in Palatka. Our rain fly's went on for the evening thunder storms
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Tomorrow’s ride is dedicated to Dawn Marie Paul Reynolds
“Our lives changed on December 8, 2009, and we will never be the same. We lost a mother, daughter, wife, sister, and most of all, a best friend that will live in our hearts forever. Memories are all we have. Dawn was driving to work in Tennessee after dropping her children at school. She was hit head-on by a driver under the influence of drugs.
Dawn left behind three beautiful children that were the love of her life. This has been a horrible tragedy that our family thought we would never face and we can only pray that no one else ever has to. Now we support MADD, want to help raise awareness and help stop drunk driving.
(I apologize — the image sent of Dawn was a .bmp file and it will not load here)
In Memory of Warmer Summers 