The staff of the Sunset King RV Resort served us breakfast this morning; they had a great selection of food: pancakes, eggs, French toast sticks, bacon, sausage, biscuits/gravy, grits and strawberry shortcake. It was a pleasant change from our normal oatmeal and bagels. Although, Anne has a “big” breakfast for us on our off days as well. We started today’s ride going through the historic section of DeFuniak Springs. There were beautiful, majestic homes along the way. In addition, we biked past the oldest Library in Florida that is located on the banks of the DeFuniak Spring. The day warmed up quite a bit and you knew you were in Florida. We had lunch at Baileys Surf and Turf. The restaurant was full with their local customers. They served a lunch buffet and many of the riders opted for that; I chose to order a whitefish sandwich and it was delicious. Just before we ended at the Arrowhead Camp Resort campground, we stopped for frozen yogurt at Milk & Honey. It was a refreshing treat on a hot, Florida day.
Stats from the day:
Start city: DeFuniak Springs, FL
End city: Marianna, FL
Miles: 68.8
Total miles to date: 2592.86
Pedaling time: 4 hours, 37 minutes
Avg. speed: 14.9
Feet climbed: 1483
Fatigue factor: 3 out of 10 (10 is the worst);
Wind: start: S 3 mph; end SW 15 mph
Road condition: 4.5 out of 5 (1 is the worst)
Temperature extremes: 54 at ride start, 86 at ride finish
This is the oldest structure in Florida built as a library and in 1975 it was still serving as a library . It was built in 1887.
The white building in the background is being restored. It was the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood that was completed in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Unfortunately, a hurricane in 1975 did major damage. It has been under restoration since then.
Interesting sculptures along the way.
The former governor of Florida once hiked from one end of Florida to the other.
Janet took a close up photo as well, but this post office was too nice to crop out.
This little lake is next to some of our campsites.
