This morning started out foggy, but thankfully it cleared
before we really started to ride, and additionally cycling away from our hotel
and out of town was stressful. There was
heavy early morning commuter traffic and a shoulder less road. Fortunately this condition lasted only a
short time before the traffic diminished, a shoulder appeared and the scenery
changed. What a beautiful ride unfolded for
us the rest of the day, with plenty of refreshing views of the gulf, plentiful wild
life and blue skies and warm temperatures. It was a truly perfect day.
With so much of today’s ride in sight of the gulf, there were
amply opportunities to stop at a beach and enjoy the sights, sounds and smells
of the water, or as some did, to swim.
And where there is water, there are birds and other creatures commonly
found near the water. You will see from
the pictures that we were provided quite a show today. Some of
us even took a route that added about 6 additional miles, just to be within
view of the gulf a little longer.
When we were within about six miles of Apalachicola ,
we cycled along a three to four mile section of route 98 that had the largest concentration
of butterflies that could be imagined.
There was some low growing flowering plant that seemed to attract them,
and as we cycled by the plants, the butterflies would take off in all directions. What a beautiful display of orange and black
winged butterflies was ever where around us.
With so much of nature to admire today, it is easy to miss the fact that we slipped into the Eastern Time zone this morning. Among everything else, this event was just so Ho-hum.
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