Dropped the car at the shop and road the Allez home. Stopped for a newspaper, at the bank and at the post office on the way back. From the redlight by the court house, yes this town has a redlight, actually it has two, it's about four miles of non-stop highway to the next stop sign and a little less than another mile to my house. The road that actually runs to my house is sand and when we ride on it the Allez takes a perverse delight throwing me down and making me roll in it. Today we made it all the way to turning in to the driveway before this silly bike got the better of me and slammed me into the sand.

Towel off, clean up the bike, change clothes, followed by a little fiddling around the house and I'm loading the trailer to go fishing. Just for grins, borrowed the wifes bike today, Cannondale Comfort with a top tube length too short for me. Normally I take my Townie3 for this run. The Allez doesn't go because of a 7+ mile commute the first 2+ miles are paved. The other 5 are all sand road, mostly through the woods of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Do not stop on this road, for anything. This is classic Florida swamp and hardwood and palm hummocks. If you're on a bike and stop on this road at this time of year the deer flies will catch up and cover you. Repellent does very little to keep them at bay because they're very aggressive little biting buggers and you'll just sweat it all off anyway. Left the house at noon, fishing at one. Sand roads, on an upright bike, towing a trailer are s-l-o-w.

Got back on the bike to come home about five. Watched the butterflies jumping off the road as I road by. BIIIG grasshoppers in the road today. What we used to call Georgia Thumpers. Didn't see any rattlesnakes on the road on the way back this time, but did see a wild turkey two days ago.