Babe's Blue Room. Yes, it is 🤣

Yesterday, I ate fried green tomatoes at Ben's Neighborhood Pub & Grill, but I forgot to take a photo of the bike in front of the place. So this morning, I went back 13 miles back into Savannah to get that pic, then headed south.

US-17 is a lovely drive down the coast...if you have the time to go through every little town (speed trap) and are willing to put up with the road construction. Today, I was neither, so I stuck to I-95 as much as possible.

With only three photos before Jacksonville, I made great time, so I decided to add on some stops further south of my final destination of St. Augustine. I wound up 85 miles further south🤣.

On the way, I stopped for lunch at Babe's Blue Room, and it is definitely blue. And a tiny, single room with a bar, a pool table, 4 gambling machines, 4 tables, 30 locals, and ashtrays 🤢. The food was decent...I had a grilled cheese with tomato on rye and fries...but it's still a smoking place. The bathroom smelled better than sitting at a table. But I got through it and out of it as quick as I could.

With all photos successfully collected, I was on my way north but still about 30 miles south of the St. Augustine HD when the skies opened up. There was enough rain that it even slowed down the semi trucks, which is a lot of rain.

I made it to dinner without incident, but the rain never stopped. I'm staying with my dear friend who I met 16 years ago in Okinawa. But she's in Orlando, 175 miles away from St. Augustine 😞. It was not a fun ride.

My Aerostich riding suit is not waterproof and my crotch was soaked by the time I made it to her house. But despite falling asleep on the highway...those loud divots on the shoulder snapped me back...I made it to her place in one piece. So good to see her.

Here's hoping the rain stops before I head south Sunday 🤞🤞🤞.

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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2026 starting odometer: 46667
Starting odometer: 52967
Ending odometer: 53555
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