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Sunday, 6 May 2012
Sweltering Suwannee River - Live Oak 67.6 miles
Left early this morning and by 10.00 am had completed 30 miles. There was a warm, thick mist for the first hour which made Spike and myself quite wet, helmet dripping, arms and clothing soaked, very refreshing. Not such a long day as expected, with a pleasant tailwind for a change, but temperatures reached 101 deg F/ 37 deg C. Even the locals are complaining, they have become accustomed to air conditioning. We passed through Greenville, the boyhood home of Ray Charles, a statue has been erected to his memory. Cycled along the Suwannee River well known due to Stephen Foster's tune 'the Swannee River'. He changed the spelling of the river because ' he was afraid people would mispronouce the u'. When I arrived at the Motel I heard the worrying news that Lisa was in an ambulance on her way to hospital. Apparently, a lady had opened her car door in Lisa's path. The good news is that she is fine, bruised, bump on her head , cracked finger but ok. She received excellent attention, even a cat scan. We all need to keep alert for the last few days. I had a cooling swim in the motel pool then had a huge ice-cream milk shake from a nearby Dairy Queen....lovely, still loving it...
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