The Longest Day Is Over

When I first mapped out the route to Maine, the first day was going to be 126 miles, by far the longest day riding. Well, it actually was 122 miles and it was 12 hours riding with multiple stops. It was a great first day.
To start with, we had 5 folks from Jacksonville join us leaving the airport area and rode to the Georgia line with us, about 22 miles. Betsy's sister was there as well as Mark who owns one of the Jacksonville bike shops. It was great to have an escorted ride out of town.
Two things will be the highlights of the first day.
At one stop in Glynn County, we found a brand new county park and stopped in to have something to eat. By the picnic area, we found sisters Judy and Robyn having lunch and getting lunch ready for their kids. When they saw the banner on the back of the van, they started asking questions and then offered us some hot bake beans, biscuits, devil eggs and chicken. Tremendous.
About an hour later, a lady flagged Bobbie down and she handed her some money for the ride. She said, Bless you, it is a wonderful thing you are doing. Wow. That was great.
Anyway, we found the hotel, got something to eat and now it is time to rest up. This was the second longest ride I've ever done, second to the cross Florida ride I did a couple of years back.

Tomorrow, we are off to Walterboro, S.C. with a bypass of Savannah. About 80 miles so it won't be as long as today.

That's Diane with me checking GPS.