Alea bucked a strong headwind for half the day, covering a total of 50 miles, about half of it in the rain. About 1/3rd of the total miles were on paved rail-trails, and the last few miles were in heavy tourist traffic, parts of it with no shoulder.
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| A section of rail trail awaiting improvement. Some day this will be part of a paved cross-Florida trail. |
We managed to find a bottle of champagne, and if we hadn't dined out the past couple of nights, we would probably have also done a celebratory dinner in town. Instead, we dined on deli food by our campfire.
We took a walk after getting the camper set up (we can't take Lana on the beach, so we were doing the nature loop). An older woman was walking two large, friendly labs. It appeared she was going to hold them and let us pass, but I suspect that Lana tried giving them the "stinky eye." At least that might explain the aggressive response of the dogs, who both broke free of their owner. Instinctively, I jerked Lana up by her harness, landing her seamlessly in Alea's arms.
When the woman attempted to round up her dogs, the younger of the two took off. So I got the dog to come running back our way, and tried to grab her leash as she dashed by. It slipped through my hands, bursting a blood vessel in one of my fingers (she was much faster than she looked). But the jolt of almost being stopped caused her to stop to figure out what had just happened, allowing the owner to get her back under control. So the champagne on ice had my finger to keep it company.
Another cold front came through last evening, bringing more typical winter weather for this area. The lows will be in the upper 40s, with a high around 60.
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| This poor little mouse seemed to be ailing, as it wasn't bothered by my flashlight and camera in its face. |
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