{"id":1813,"date":"2017-07-14T19:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T02:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2017-07-27T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T17:46:01","slug":"white-springs-sort-of-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/white-springs-sort-of-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"White Springs (sort of), FL"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"morning
The clouds looked different this morning. For a change, it was NOT supposed to rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Day’s Inn included continental breakfast. The prepackaged raisin bran was tiny, so I needed two, in addition to raisin toast, orange juice, and two cups of coffee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hwy
I had to backtrack 6 miles to town to reconnect to the route, going 14 miles to reach a point that was only 5 miles away as the crow flies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sandwich
I reached the little town of Lee. It was 11:30, so I got lunch at the gas station. I got a Cuban sandwich from the refrigerator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cuban
Looks like a plain old Po Boy to me. I put some mustard on it. It was food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"fog
What is Fog Smoke?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I crossed the famous Suwanee river. It’s the same Swanee river in the Stephen Foster song.. Actually, Foster had never seen the river – he just picked the name off a map to match his song, which was originally, “Way Down Upon the Peede River.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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No rain at all riding today. Intermittent clouds, though, which cast sharp boundaries of light and dark on the land. Overcast weather is much more pleasant than full sun for riding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"burning
I ran across some people clearing out a tree with an 8-foot trunk by burning it. Sam and John, and a couple boys, were tending the fire. They told me some interesting things about forestry. This area has farms with special, fast-growing trees that are used for paper, as well as conventional trees like Yellow Pine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n