Feet First

Suwannee River Greenway at Branford

Upon the high road passing Ivey Memorial Park in Branford, the trail took on the look and feel of the tunnel it must've been when trains passed through it regularly. A gopher tortoise and myself were among the few travelers out today, making our way against a steady breeze and a much gloomier forecast. As is often the case, the effort proved to be well worth making.

Palatka Lake Butler State Trail

Though its name suggests it's thirty miles longer than it is, Ali Che'Ree and I rode from FL 100 west of Keystone Heights to Roberts Lane east of Florahome and back for a total of 41 miles today and thoroughly enjoyed being outdoors and in motion. Abundant sunshine and welcome breezes did not interfere.

Little River Springs

Little River Springs shared its short slough with the tannins of the Suwannee River today under some of the prettiest skies I've seen in a while. This brief respite from severe heat and humidity makes for some mighty fine cycling here in north central Florida.

Clouds Making Up

Checking in on the Suwannee this afternoon ahead of fall's first front. "Cool snap" anticipated in 48 hours.

Stowaway

You never know just WHO will want to tag along, but in the end it is best to keep it moving!

Bridge Out!

🎶 They wouldn't let us cross the river...🎶

The eastern approach to the bridge over the Suwannee River on the Nature Coast State Trail that crosses the floodplain was closed when we arrived this morning. There appears to possibly be some damage to the fence on its northern side. No information was posted on the trail that we saw as we enjoyed an easy-paced ride from Chiefland to Trenton and back.

We were once again very well cared for at the Gathering Table in Chiefland and saw none of the predicted rain. Tommy, George, Charlie, Russ, Mark and I are still thanking Colleen for planning this ride and very sorry she had to miss it.

Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail

Ignoring the forecast calls for rain, Pete Ensing and I enjoyed a remarkably pleasant bike ride on the Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail Saturday morning. The new, nicely maintained, end to end distance of 21 miles gave us our total of 42 with perfect weather.