A Day of Ferry Rides and Flats

Its another bright and sunny morning and we're all ready to hit the road. The roads leaving Fernandina Beach, FL were a dream. They were smooth with a wide shoulder. It was great to see all the beautiful beach houses and at times as we rode by a vacant lot we got a view of the Ocean. What a perfect day to begin a ride.

We were all headed to the St. John's River/Mayport Ferry at mile 19.6. The Ferry runs every 30 minutes so we figured we would make the 10:15 Ferry. We only stopped once to take pictures on a bridge of all the people fishing off the older bridge, so we thought that we would make the 10:15 Ferry...but we just missed it! The picture below was taken by Michel who made the 10:15 Ferry...Thanks for rubbing it in!

Oh well, used the restroom and took some group pictures and waited patiently. Before we knew it the Ferry was back and we were on our way to the other side to continue our ride and that's when it happened...Bill forgot to pick up his camera from the picnic table. Sooo back on the Ferry he went and Doug, Tom, Champ and I waited. After about 30 minutes we were on our way again.

We had gone about 3 miles when we realized that Champ wasn't with us, so we waited and we waited and then Doug went back to see what was up. About 15 minutes later then appeared, Champ had a flat tire and when changing it he accidentally put the flat tire back on so he had to change the tire again! OOPS

We were all back together now and on our way again with 35 miles left on our ride. We were the last to hit the SAG at 28 miles so we fueled up quickly and headed out to cycle our 30 miles. Thank goodness the roads were still great and we had a cycling lane and or great shoulders.

We finally made it into St. Augustine and hit the Subway for a bit to eat and then over to see where the "Fountain of Youth" was located. We didn't actually see the fountain, but we did see the entrance to the park. So none of got younger today, we just got another day of cycling under our belts by riding 58 miles into St Augustine, FL.

We also learned to double check to be sure we don't leave anything or one behind!