After an uneventful evening in Perry, GA, we mounted the scoot for the final leg of our 12 day journey. 356 miles were all that remained of the 3800+ miles of our excursion. Our 9:00am departure was good for the body as far as rest was concerned but was not so good from a temperature aspect. By 10:30am the temps had risen to the 93 degree point and the thermometer on the bike was registering 104 degrees. HOT! HOT! HOT!
It was a straight shot down I-75 and we made stops about every 75 miles to rehydrate, cool off, and sneak into a DQ if it happened to be close. It was less than 5 hours of riding time but in the end, it took over 7 hours. Better to be safe.
James was a bit excited as he saw signs indicating Tampa to be less than a three digit distance away. I think he began counting down at the 50 mile mark. We turned into the driveway at 4:20pm to end our journey.
It was quite a trip and we changed nightly stops quite a few times. Hilton was very understanding and kept changing our free rewards stays as we made our decision to route differently.It was lots of fun and we saw many places that neither of us had ever been to. Now is the time to recover and plan next years travels.
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