Day 3 -Florida 2013

The rain continued the rest of the day.  That night we woke to blowing rain against the windows and roaring wind.  Our bike was locked outside and I was worried what it was going through.  The next morning the rain was still coming down so hard we couldn’t leave the hotel.  We were told two tornadoes had touched down during the night.  The bike looked OK, and with 80% rain forecast for the day we were still stuck.  It was obvious that Florida hated us and we needed a new plan.

We decided then to rent a car.  We would load everything but the tandem.  Drive back to our truck.  Come back and get the bike.  Drop off car and head to St Simon.  It would only be about 120 miles round trip and it beat sitting in a hotel.  Plus we were tired of Florida.  Great plan; one problem.  It was Sunday.  In Lake City both car rentals were closed.  Hertz was closed.  Enterprise was closed.  Avis just didn’t try that hard because they did not even have a place in Lake City.  It looked like another rainy day in a hotel.  At least it was warm.

The sun came out around 3:00.  The wind was blowing but it felt great walking around in the warm sunshine.  Tomorrow we ride.  We decided to head for the truck and laid out a new route.  We were 60 miles from the campground and it was straight down hwy 100.  It was sunny and warm and tomorrow looked like a great day to ride.  It even looked as if we would have a tailwind.

storm damage