This was our best day in weeks. It was warm when we started riding, it was mostly flat for the first half of the day, and the wind was mostly behind us. The high was in the low to mid-80s, but the humidity wasn't off the scale.
We had a lot of ground to cover today, about 66 miles. So we 'doubled up' - Alea rode 41 miles in the morning and I did an additional 25 miles the afternoon.
We've ended up at Falling Waters State Park ($19.08, power, water and showers). Falling Waters is Florida's highest waterfall, falling something like 73 feet. But all of that is below ground level, as it falls into a sinkhole (there are several other sinkholes all around it).
We got some instructions from Camp Inn on how to deal with our leak problem, but things did not go as planned. There is a missing rubber cap strip on one end of our galley hinge, which MAY have helped to cause our leak (that, plus the high wind and rains on Dauphin Island, which forced a lot of water into that corner of the galley). We're waiting to hear back on that, as we'll need some supplies from Camp Inn in order to fix that.
This weekend will give us an idea of what we are up against while camping during this time of year in Florida. Most of the state parks are booked for the weekend. We'll hope that the same isn't true of the private campgrounds, at least if we can't squeeze in at one of the several state parks nearby. If we strike out this weekend, then we'll need to plan where we'll be every weekend for the rest of our travels. Hopefully, if we can reserve a campsite about a week in advance, we won't continue to have this problem.
It's also worth mentioning that someone tried throwing a wad of aluminum foil at me while I was riding to day. Their aim was high, so it sailed over my head and landed about 12 feet in front of me (obviously, they were aiming at my helmet). I guess the moral of this story is that it's not a good idea to ride during lunch hour in the south when there is a tavern on the route.
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