Already a day behind – 70 miles in the heat and the rain took a lot out of me! Think I’ll let the photos tell most of the story.
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- We passed through Daytona Beach, but no where near any car-racing establishment.
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- In Ormond Beach, we crossed the Halifax River.
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- Ormond Beach calls itself “The Birthplace of Speed”.
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- Once again, large homes – I think this one has steel roof tiles.
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- At our first sag stop, 2 very different boats – and Nancy.
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- Just after the sag, no more houses, and not much shelter from the lightening and thunder – this is under a dune walkout…
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- The storm passes.
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- Aarg matie!?
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- Reward for surviving the storm.
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- A bit of bike washing.
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- Nice trail beside the road.
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- Next to a bike shop along the trail.
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- Always on the lookout for turtles.
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- When I saw Marineland on the cue sheet, I expected some crazy Sea World establishment.
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- Instead a lovely family beach area.
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- Matanzas River Inlet
I took a brief stop at the Fort Matanzas National Monument, but chose not to take the ferry to the Fort.
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- The headwind was picking up, so I stopped more often to take photos of beach-side homes.
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- And a lunch stop with other cyclists.
Going into St Augustine, the route was taking us past Anastasia State Park where we had ended our cross-country ride. I decided to re-visit the beach, without the rain of May 2013.
Also on my way into town, I passed the St Augustine Lighthouse and decided to make a stop.
Crossing the Lion’s bridge from the south – no lions! But the bridge did lift for some sailboats to pass.
Good, long day: 70.44 miles, 338.14 miles from Fort Lauderdale, 566.63 miles from Key West.
Details about our rest day tomorrow – and our first state crossing!
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