Jake across America – In Georgia?

4 Apr 09 – Day Thirty-Eight. Somehow they ended up in Georgia today which seems a little odd until you look at a map and see their route took them close to the frontier (yes, it’s a frontier) and one wrong turn could put them into the Atlanta suburbs (OK, it’s not that sprawling…yet). After finding their way into Georgia, they realized their mistake but decided to spend the night anyway despite the infestation of mutant rabid white flying squirrels (they’ve been drinking the Chattahoochee river water). Another 87 miles gone.

5 Apr 09 – Day Thirty-Nine. Working their way back into Florida they managed 93 miles today. Content in their accomplishments and pleased to have made it this far relatively unscathed they felt the need to sacrifice something to the gods of cycling. So before retiring for the evening they lit a raging bonfire of bicycle tires, beer boxes and cycling shorts. Fortunately no beer was lost, but those tires might have come in handy and the shorts…well, it seems like the saddle would chafe the tender bits without shorts. A total of around 2638 miles so far.

6 Apr 09 – Day Forty. It’s getting a little windy here in Florida and the forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday is more of the same and a lot colder. But they’re almost home and the day’s rides are getting shorter so they won’t even notice the 30+mph gusts and the high 30s temperatures. And somewhere in here SPOT, their GPS tracker, is no longer in agreement with their blog entries so we can only assume another alien abduction. Either that or Jake was arrested for cycling without shorts and he’s in some jail in north central Florida waiting for Kelly to arrive with bail.

7 Apr 09 – Day Forty-One. Finishing the day in Gainesville and with a whole bunch of miles behind them, they have less than a hundred miles to go to reach the Atlantic coast in St. Augustine and only two more days in the saddle.

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