6/17 Montecello, FL

Here's the journal entry that I wrote for our trip journal yesterday:

So I’m not gonna lie…today was rough. At least for me. haha. We rode about 60 miles today, which is the same as the past 2 days, but today was HOT. It was upwards of 100 degrees with humidity to match. And there was no shade in sight on 90West. But our periodic rest stops definitely helped. We stopped at Suwanee River State Park and apparently Florida State Parks are the Real Florida. Other rest stops were less exciting but a nice break from the sun. The first group arrived at the high school around 1:45pm and my group arrived around 3:30pm. Cutting it a little close to the 4:00pm deadline but we did it! We’re staying at Montecello High School, “Home of the Fighting Tigers” in the old gym. No AC and sketchy showers but a place to sleep! Despite some anticipated rough times, the jokes and bonding make it all better. This town, Montecello is pronounced like ‘sello’ not ‘cello’ – and we all got a kick out of that for some reason. Shout out to all the fathers – Happy Father’s Day! Another shout out to Mark from Pizza Hut for the donated pizzas we ate for dinner; thank you so much! Although, Laura didn’t need to eat any pizza because she won a bet by eating 3 foot long subs from Subway. I believe she won 2 massages a day for a week. Rock on. Hope friends/family are doing well – keep those care packages coming! Actually we haven’t gotten any yet because we haven’t reached a mail drop yet but we have high expectations :)
Much love,
Caitlin