Day 1 "preparation day"

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. .We arrived at Orlando airport at midnight. We stayed in a not fancy hotel and went back to the airport for a rental car this morning. We drove the 125 miles to St. Augustine with cloudy 55 degrees and slightly rainy weather. Now we are out on a deck in a sunny 70° evening.

We were reunited with our bicycles at the bicycle shop. We explored the old town of St. Augustine and dipped our back tires in the Atlantic Ocean. At the beach we met a couple from Switzerland. They were just finishing a San Francisco to Florida bicycle trip. We had a great lunch at a pub. Our hotel has an evening social so we will go have a glass of wine to celebrate our ride beginning tomorrow.

We are carrying with us a flat friend that we will include in our blog. He was sent by a friend who is a teacher--so keep your eye out for him in our pictures!

Tomorrow our breakfast at the hotel is at 7:30 we plan to leave shortly after that. Our goal is Palatka Florida about 40 miles