Today was by far the easiest day of the trip. I rode 33 miles with a 10-15 mph tailwind at about 13.5 mph without breaking a sweat. I ended up being able to spend almost the whole day being a tourist in St Augustine which made today almost a second consecutive rest day.

I woke up around 7:00 and Shelby made me a healthy breakfast and coffee. She really went above and beyond for me which I really appreciated. I was pretty exhausted when I showed up two days ago but am back in the game now thanks to my relaxing time in Atlantic Beach.

I didn’t stop for lunch or snacks at all on the ride and basically went straight down A1A to St Augustine. There was a bike lane the whole way and not a lot of traffic for much of it. This was a beautiful sight.

I rolled through Sawgrass where a few of my college friends lived in high school. No, I didn’t pee on this sign but I thought about it!

The ride was over after two hours and was pretty uneventful. I couldn’t check in to my hotel yet so I decided to grab lunch at Mojo which is a BBQ place recommended by Shelby and ordered what is now my lunch staple, the three meat combo. Good lord this was delicious.

I still had time to kill so I went to the Castillo de San Marcos fort which was cool looking but cost money to go inside so I lingered outside of the walls. I ended up running into a couple of dudes on bikes who were on a road trip from Miami to wherever they wanted. I hung out with them for a bit and asked if they could take a picture of me since I never am able to get pictures of me, they are always of my bike (my bike can’t take pictures of me after all). Of course the guy took a really shitty picture where you can barely see my bike. Oh well — I find the humor in it.

After the fort I checked into my hotel and walked down St George’s street and went into some shops. I liked this wire sculpture as it reminded me of myself.

Finally I decided to go on a scenic boat tour of St Augustine which left at 4:30 so I had about an hour to kill. I hung out by the fort and drank a coffee while a bunch of seagulls flew by which was pretty neat.

Eventually I made it onto the boat which only had 4 other people on it and I was the only one brave enough to be on the top deck with the wind and temperatures the way they were. I ended up talking to Captain Bob for most of the trip while taking in the sunset, scenes, and dolphins that were all around the boat for most of the trip. There was a full moon on one side and a sunset on the other.

After the boat I headed to dinner where I ate lobster and shrimp tacos with a side of beans and rice which was also delicious. Since today had become a full day I ended up being pretty beat after dinner and decided to head back to my hotel. On the way back I made an obligatory stop at the fudge shop though for some turtle fudge which I will be eating in the very near future.

Tomorrow is 76 miles to New Smyrna with what should once again be favorable weather conditions. It looks like the winds will turn on me on Thursday but I have another 2 days of tail wind which is much appreciated.