My wheel troubles and the persistently stormy Florida weather caused us to re-think our round-about initial route to the Atlantic Ocean by way of Gainesville and St. Augustine. We choose, instead, to take the opportunity to visit family in Jacksonville, and decided that we would end our journey via a more direct route at Jacksonville Beach.
Our last official day of riding was gorgeous: temperatures in the 70's, sunny blue skies and a cool breeze. We rode carefully through busy Beach Blvd. traffic. We dragged our bikes between sun-bathers, around walkers and across the loose beach sand into the Atlantic Ocean and let the waves lap the tires. Then we looked at each other: Now What?
Fortunately, we didn't think about that question for long. We planned to meet our parents in St. Augustine, and still had a 28 mile ride down coastal highway A1A ahead of us. Our ride down A1A was pure pleasure, along richly-landscaped coastal mansions and estuarine preserves. The reality of our accomplishment slowly set in.
Way to go.
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