Good ride today (Milton to DeFuniak Springs, FL)-- good weather, some beautiful country roads with some rises in them (Florida hill country, ha, ha.) Not all of Florida is palm trees and beaches; this part is through skinny pine forests that are used to feed the paper mill industry down in this part of the country. Later we had a nice 30 mile stretch on highway 90 with a shoulder and pretty smooth surface. We called this highway the "Craig's List Highway" due to the many yard sales along the side of the road (not at actual houses; people just come out and set up on the roadside.) I learned something new today -- what a "fat lighter" is. It is the heartwood of pine trees that is impregnated with resin and therefore, is an excellent source of getting a fire started. (One of the yard sales had "fat lighters" for sale; at first I was trying to imagine a very fat cigarette lighter type of device....)
We arrived in DeFuniak Springs about 2:30 p.m. and navigated our way to Beef O'Grady's Family Sports Pub where we enjoyed a few beverages and appetizers with Dennis & Lyndsey Morris who had ridden their new CamAm Spyder over to tag along with us for a day or so. Tonight we are starting at another Regency Inn & Suites, a basic, clean, economy motel. Tomorrow we will head out to Marianna continuing on highway 90.
Total miles: 68.42
Time: 5:03
Avg: 13.55 mph
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