Day 53 [Palatka, FL]

Reppin' the Hokies across America!

All five of our touring machines.

The Gainesville visit ended up being pretty epic.  The trio I met back in Louisiana picked up a stray and became a foursome.  We have kept in touch, and realized that we'd all be in the same place tonight.  An awesome hostel resides in this town, and we went Real World style and all shared one big room for the night.  For dinner we went to a pretty good Mexican restaurant and hung out there for a few hours.  A real good group of future doctors here.  Their pour souls have already been through eight years of college and medical school, but they still know how to have some fun.  The next morning we stopped by a unique place that sells coffee and muffins while at the same time is a bike shop.  The owner took an interest in our trip and we ended up hanging here for quite a while this morning.  A bunch of photos were taken of us that may or may not end up being hung up in the establishment.  After breakfast, we all rode together for awhile until the group decided they wanted to camp for their final night, whereas I preferred a lush motel to rest up for victory lane.  However, we will all rejoice together tomorrow in St. Augustine!  As I type this, I sit in utter disbelief that this entire adventure will end in one more little bike ride.