Hello from the youth annex of the 1st United Methodist Church of Pensacola.

We're staying indoors tonight for free courtesy of the church and their association with warmshowers.org.  

Today was a day full of the incredible diversity of touring. Our day started with quick breakfast slice of pumpkin bread that Barb had picked up at the the farmers market in Chipley two days ago.  It was just the thing to provide us with enough energy for the first climb of the day, a few hundred feet out of the River's Edge campgrounds.   Then we headed for Holt to grab breakfast. The sign near the cook said "Don't stand behind her.  She bites. "   And though her make up was a bit heavy, it was clear that she was there for her culinary ability.   We each had a ham, egg,  and cheese biscuit that fast food venues can only dream about.   The slice of real ham was a quarter inch thick on a biscuit that had been prepared earlier this morning.   Delicious!

Roads leaving Holt were quiet backcountry lanes with little traffic and natural scenes of water lilies blooming and birds everywhere.  Then we rolled into Milton on a state bike path before rejoining FL 90.  Lots of traffic, and little shade, made tolerable by a usually wide shoulder.

Coming in to Pensacola,  there were signs that it might get hilly--scenic highway, bluff road, etc.-- and Florida did not disappoint.

Still accommodations for tonight are making our load and legs light.

Dauphin Island tomorrow and leaving Florida behind.