Day 1 to Milledgeville

The alarm went off at 4:00am this morning, and after just a single swat at the snooze bar, I got up and moving on this years adventure. A bit of breakfast, some last second clean up (can't leave dirty dishes for 4 weeks), and a thick application of sunscreen for those post-sunrise hours and I was off.

Well, almost. Everybody has to forget something when they travel, right? So I had the bike loaded, the door locked, and I was just getting ready to push off when I noticed I hadn't put any waterbottles on the bike. Now in some parts of the country, that little oversight could be overcome. Here in Georgia, where it was 72 at 5:00am, 87 at 10:30am and 95 by 1:00pm, such an oversight could be a disaster. Good thing I noticed and fixed the problem before I left. :)

I wandered my way through several intown neighborhoods until I got to Columbia Rd. I took that south to Rainbow Rd, and then followed Rainbow through its obligatory namechange, then turned on Browns Ferry Rd, aka GA-212. I was able to follow GA-212 past the monastery in Conyers, through Monticello (the town where My Cousin Vinnie was filmed) and the Oconee National Forest, right into Milledgeville. I think I could count today's turns on my fingers if I had to.

Since BRAG (Bicycle Ride Across Georgia) stayed here in Milledgeville either Monday or Tuesday night, I was able to get a decent rate on a room at a hotel with a pool. Guess where I'm heading in about 5 minutes?

I did take some pictures in Monticello, but elsewhere, while there were interesting things to get on camera (a cyldesdale, many head of cattle, the Buddha house, and some strange birds, none were located near a safe place to stop and take pictures. Just trust me when I say that were all photo-worthy.

I'll try to post the pictures after my swim, or maybe I'll make you wait and wonder about how great the pictures are. If you haven't seen the quality of my photography, look at some old posts and re-read that last sentence with your sarcasm-detector turned up.

Today's Miles: 88.94
Today's Top Speed: 31.3 mph

Tomorrow's Destination: Vidalia, GA (Home of the famous onions, and according to one of my brothers, also home to carrots that want to be just as famous)