Good sleeping last night and woke to a VERY dense fog!!! The girls headed out at 6:30am to beat the heat. The three boys, we headed next door for a full breakfast and were on the road by 8:00am . . .

. . . where it was till very foggy. Good thing I had my See.Sense rear flasher onboard. The first Intelligent Flasher . . . smarter than I am!!!

Hard too see from the reflections but there are silt clouds billowing around under bridges and mixing with the still water. Won’t be clear for long!!!

Here is the scoop on this, . . .’Deep in the swamps along the border between Alabama and Florida can be heard stories of a water monster of a different sort.  It is said that he is more than 20 feet long, has red eyes, and is demon possessed.  Two-Toe Tom is the focus of numerous legends and tall tales.  His name originates from the claim that he lost all but two toes on one foot to a bear-trap.  Due to his ferocity and frequent attacks, many have hunted for Tom.  But Two-Toe Tome has never been captured. Some believe Tom still lurks in Sand Hammock Lake near Esto Florida, even to this day’. The festival is a little more civilized with a horseshoe tournament, car show and country music . . . and a beauty pageant!!!!

Nice riding  today once the fog burned off . . .

. . . first one of these I have seen . . . 

So  close on the spelling . . .

Sounds down right friendly . . . and a horse motel !!!!

. . . if you are not going to spend any money though, you might not be so welcomed!!!!

Our half way point for today . . . too early for lunch. The sign implies there is an ocean and mountains . . . ahhh, not in FL. Maybe they are celebrating their sister city, the Marianna Islands located in the Pacific??? Pretty city.

Not sure if I have ever seen a McDonald’s with ACTUAL golden arches. This could be an original  . . . or a replicate. Not sure!!!

Nice old home in Marianna . . . it’s now the cities Visitor Center.

Another interesting mix of business and religion. You only live once . . . get that car today!!!

For 10 miles, no shoulder, but nice rollers today . . .

Another one for the list . . . first dead turtle I have seen.

I came down over a hill and there was a VERY big and VERY much alive turtle, about the size of the top of a 5 gallon bucket, in the middle line of the road with traffic, coming from both sides, trying to go around it. I stopped, carefully grabbed it and carried it to the side of the road. It mad a B-line for a little stream flowing through a culvert . . .

. . . and sat down for a rest. A bunch of the cars honked at me for approval and thumbs up!!!

I watched him for a while and he seemed to be staring at me, maybe because I had on a neon yellow jersey today, but I think it was to say Thanks . . . I named him Blinky because, as he stared at me, he was slowly opening and closing his eyelids!!!

Not sure what is hitting these pine . . . might have been a slow burning fire that killed some of the lower branches.

This one was a beauty . . .

Soon we were in Snead, our home for the night. Not much for restaurants so we stopped at the local Piggly Wiggly for a little lunchy . . .

Then on to the Lake Seminole Motel, our home for the night . . .

bad news is the pool is empty . . . .

. . . good news there is a funeral home right net door, a local landmark!

Wasn’t long before someone had to come over and show off their new jammie bottoms . . .

With no restaurant in town it was back to the ‘Pig’ for a picnic dinner of ham, sweet potatoes, cole slaw, salad and vino!!! But first how about some ‘goober peas’ . . . 

Boiled and salted . . .  YUM . . .

Dinner was fabulous, at a picnic area on the side of the reservoir . . . lot’s of leftovers!!!!