Day 17 We are in Tallahassee

We left Lakeland this morning bright and early to make sure that we out ran the forecast in Tallahassee. It sounded like it was going to be really bad, so why chance it. We rolled into Tallahassee around 2:45 and only got hit by a few drops of rain about 80 or 100 south of Tallahassee. In nowhere Florida, I think the town name was Old Town where we stopped for lunch for us and lunch for the bike, fuel. We had some local Barbecue and we stopped there for two reasons. One, it smelled good when rolled by and Second, there were some other bikers there. Good reasons if you ask me. The food wasn't half bad and it gave us a chance to sit indoors to see if that nasty thunderhead in front of us would disappear.

Well it didn't go away completely and we debated a few minutes to dawn our rainsuits or dry suits. We choose dry, but 2 miles down the road I was pulling over to hide and cover. We put on the rain gear and off we went. We didn't get 2 miles down the road and it stopped. Crazy crap. After about 30 minutes, I finally gave into the heat, pulled over and got rid of the gear. Not another drop the rest of the ride.

Another thing that caught Lori and I off guard was when we entered a little town name Dade City, we actually saw rolling country. I mean actual hills and curves in the road and the terain. It didn't last long, maybe 20 miles, but we actually saw curves. For moment I didn't know what to do, but I leaned the bike and went though the corner, just kidding. To many straight roads makes one a little delirous.

So what do you think happened right at dinner time or 5pm? Boom, crack, and here comes the rain. I mean it was raining hard. The funniest thing I saw was a real cool Harley Rider coming into the parking lot of the hotel, no helmet, no rain gear, and the bike was just sputering. You had to laugh because he looked like a wet cat just pulled from the lake! After he checked in, dried off, he was underneath the canopy working on the Harley trying to get her running smooth again. Is that possible?

For our evening dinner plans, we order in. I had baked spaggetti and Lori had a Cheif Salad. Not very glamorous, but it turn out to be very good. The Desk Clerk made the reccommendation and a good one it was.

Tomorrow is one of the longer hauls of the trip at somewhere near 360 miles. The worst part of the ride will be going through Atlanta Georgia in the heat of the day. I also know, according to the weather forecast, the first hour or so of our ride will be wet. Should just be drizzle, but it will be wet. By the end of the day we should be in Helen, Georgia.

Today’s mileage =  240
Total for the trip = 4016  <----Rolling!!!

No Pictures Today..... :(

Day 18 at EveryTrail

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