Panama City, Fl (Pop. 34,690)

We made it through the night, tucked away in a Family Dollar parking lot. I mean why not?

We got up before dawn and headed down to the beach front, hoping to get a glimpse of the sunrise. Of course, we knew it wouldn't come up over the water but thought we might get a good glimpse anyways. After a while, we saw it coming up over the city, cluttered with buildings, light posts, and other city-ish sort of things. We (this interprets to mean Dana) took some semi decent pics and then headed off to get some coffee at a local coffee shop; mediocre at best.

We got back to the PLUM and I prepped for the day. I shoved off just before 9:00. I knew I would have just under 40 miles, so I figured it would be an easy day. I followed US 98 all day. It was a rather boring ride, but I had a slight breeze on my back and I made excellent headways. I almost felt good about my bike legs, but had to remind myself to give some credit to the breeze. I finished the day in just over 3 hours. I should have tacked another 20 miles to the day, but Panama City seemed like the logical place to stay.

Dana had found a park then proceeded to head downtown and looked at a number of murals and other art exhibits. She was still gone when I arrived. I tried to nap, but sleep, much like last night, alluded me.

We stopped in at Lowes and Walmart to get somethings before heading to Cracker Barrel for the evening. Here we are, bellies full, legs tired, and beginning to chill for the evening.

We passed a time zone today. We are now in Central Time Zone for a while.

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