This evening finds us in High Springs,  Fl.   We're staying in a hotel tonight as our potential Warmshowers hosts are off touring themselves.  We ended up doing 61 miles today thru some hot sultry weather.  We were really helped this morning by the shaded Hawthorne-Gainesville state cycling trail, but then spent the better part of the early afternoon navigating through the traffic of Gainesville.   Finally got to the edge of town about 2:30 pm and rode through some spectacular rolling countryside before stopping to refuel at the Conestoga in Alachua.  Barb ordered a stuffed baked potato that turned out to be a 3 pounder, while I made do with their junior hamburger,  a mere half pounder and an order of sweet potato fries -- the kind that you can't find in any freezer section.   While we say eating for an hour,  the food made the final 7 miles fly.

Still need to be drinking more fluids as both of us have suffered some cramping late in the day.  So I'm about to finish here and drink a quart or two of water before bed.

We'll be back camping again tomorrow and then trying another Warmshowers host on Friday in Monticello.