TORNADO!!
At 3am while sleeping in our tents a large siren went off for 5-10 minutes, We had no idea what to do other than seek shelter. The only cement block building in the RV park was the bathroom. So we all headed over to the toilets. It started as a Tornado Warning and was quickly elevated to a Tornado Watch. The difference being that someone actually saw a tornado somewhere.
The Watch went from 3am to 5am. We were all afraid to go back to our tents for fear some of the trees would fall on us.
You can't make this stuff up!
In any case by 7am the storm had passed and we were able to board the ferry to reach Florida....
Took about 35 minutes and the sun was out. A much better start to the day for sure! Passed all types of off shore rigs.
When we reached the other side we had a flat 55 miles to reach Pensacola, Florida. And after 41 days of headwinds we finally had a tailwind that pushed us. I was doing 20-30 miles an hour. About half way we reached two milestones... The first was crossing into Florida...
The second milestone is that we got to the FloraBama church/bar just in time for service. One half of the place is a church and the other half is a bar - both operating at the same time....
And the church was right next to the bra room....
All kinds of worshipers....
After three beers and some worship, I decided that I needed to head out as I had another 30 miles to ride. Again it was the best wind day of the year so the ride was done in no time.
As I said we are in staying in Pensacola Florida and are in a YMCA.
Again you can not make this stuff up.
We have 8 more days of riding and quite frankly I am tired of YMCA, Church halls, campgrounds and crappy toilets.
On that note - what is the story with one ply toilet paper. Seems to be everywhere we have stayed. Now do they really save any money? I think I used twice as much paper than I would if it was 2 or 3 ply. But of course Google has the answer -as always....
Oh well short ride tomorrow - then we gear back up for 4 days of long rides.
Hope the wind stays in our favor.
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