I have never been in this part of FL before. Boy was I surprised! There is no place but up in Tallahassee. It is no wonder they made it the capital. It will never flood!
My routing program does show elevations but I really didn't realize how much of it was accurate. The zigzags are a lot of hills and boy did they take their toll on me today. I did a lot of walking, considering I was riding. Plus when I left Valdosta this morning it was in the mid 40s and by the time I got here it was in the 80s.
I stopped at a Family Dollar and bought a pack of tube socks. took one pair and gave the rest to the clerk for her brothers. I cut the toes out and put them on my lower legs to cover the sunburn I got yesterday. They are still hurting. probably will for a couple of days.
Now my big excitement was early in the day, shortly after I turned off Hwy 84, a not so friendly dog, one of those square ones in the "bull" family decided he wanted to eat my front tire while I was going pretty darn fast, probably close to 20 mph. I guess I was lucky in that case that he lived on a down hill not an up hill. I ended up running over him. And God only knows how on earth I did not wipe out in the worst way. I know at one point in the ordeal the bike and I were at a 45 degree angle from the road and into the grass. His angels were watching over me today that is for sure.
With all my troubles I am now a day behind schedule. I don't know when or if I will be able to make it up. Definitely not while I am in these hills!
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