Day 55, FL, Gainesville to St Augustine!

Still cool for this part of the country. 43 degrees this morning and everyone we talk to complains how cold it is. It's a good temp for riding but it's a little drizzly so the raincoat will get you wet from holding the moisture in. 

Tom and Martha fed us and Martha led us out to the bike path to get us on our way. 

We had the trail to ourselves. 

Aside from the Gators that I know were watching us. 

They're there somewhere!

Visions of gator eyes rising through the pond scum.  

Magnolia Church, founded in 1900, rebuilt in 1954. Jim was on the phone explaining to a friend why yesterday's blog entry wasn't posted yet when I took the picture of this church. 

I can taste the finish line. 

It is an old town, the oldest in the US I've been told. 

To the right, next landfall is Europe!

After dipping my wheel in the Atlantic. 

My trusty Co-Motion, basking in the glory. 

I pedaled back to Sprockets Bike Shop and arranged to have my bike boxed and shipped home. The fine folks at Sprockets allowed me to camp in their back yard tonight while I made arrangements to get myself to the airport tomorrow. As luck would have it, Sprockets was having a customer appreciation party tonight and I was in the right place, at the right time. Aside from the party, the employees were really kind to me. Thanks to them for adding to the pleasure of the completed southern tier. 

Thanks to everyone who followed the trip on the blog. It was inspiring to know that others were rooting for us or were interested in the trip. That too added to my pleasure. 

I'm lucky to have loving support from home as well as an extremely capable partner for this trip in Jim.

Perry