We were up and ready to go by 7 this morning. The sun was still working on getting up.
Allan had found out about this diner and we stopped for breakfast. It nearly broke the bank. My one egg and biscuit was $1.20.
Right after breakfast we entered Georgia. It still wasn't all that light out.
If they are not growing cotton or soybeans they are growing pine in neat little rows.
The sign on this was hard to see but I thought it said something about textile.
I'm not sure if it is a Saturday morning thing after those big "Friday Night Lights" football games or everyone was where they wanted to go for the 3 day Columbus Day weekend but they were not on the road this morning.
What? Florida already...
We have been traveling on 301 for two days and the sights have pretty much been the same all along this route.
But wait, we are in FL now and look what I found! Guess we aren't the only folks getting an early start on winter warmth.
Not quite sure what this farmer was up to.
Laurie I think this is a sign for Jai-Alai. Guess they have it in northern FL.
Looks like they play high school baseball here also.
As we entered Ocala we were greeted by many horse farms and stables. There was a sign that said "Horse Capital of the World".
We located a Day's Inn by Interstate 75 and landed for the night. The only rooms available were smoking rooms. It was 90+ degrees and we had ridden 314 miles. We decided we could manage for one last night on the road to be in a smoker's room.
We unloaded and started to settle in. We discovered that the lights didn't work and the air conditioner seemed sporadic. I called the desk and she offered us another smoker's room. We moved and one light works, the refrigerator doesn't, the TV was out but Allan realized that the cable was unhooked and the entire establishment is without a working ice machine. I suspect that corporate will be getting a "love" note from Mr. Metzler.
We will be eager to get going in the morning. We have about 165 miles to travel to arrive in Venice. I checked tonight and the water temperature is 82!!!
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