Day 36 (De Funiak Springs to Chattahoochee, FL.)

De Funiak Springs is not a big town, about 5,000 population. We spent our day off there, mostly because it was on the schedule, and because I was too beat to do another day on the route. On Saturday, we tried to drive to the beach to try some fresh seafood. After a 30 mile drive to Santa Rosa beach, we drove around and found nothing but houses. The few restaurants we found were closed, so no seafood. We all grabbed lunch at Whataburger and went back to the motel.

On the way back, Karen spotted a winery next to the motel. The sign advertised "Free Wine Tasting", so guess what. We got to the motel and she and I took off on foot for the winery. We asked father if he wanted to come with us, but he stayed in the motel and claimed that he wanted to read because he didn't like wine. When we got to the winery, we found that they were having a classic and muscle car show, the wine tasting, and a free concert (60's and 70's easy listening music played by a very good local band). We had a good time walking around, listening to the music, trying a wide variety of surprisingly good local wines, and looking at some great cars. One of the cars was a Karman Ghia, that looked just like Karen's first car. Others were prize winners from various categories in different shows. I got some photos, Karen got a case of wine, and we returned to the motel.

Oh, the cars!

From "A"'s and "T-buckets" to Muscle cars and....

This Monster F350 that was extreme.

The Music Venue

Karman Ghia deja vue

So many show cars.

Father didn't want to go for dinner, so Karen and I went to a little restaurant on the west edge of town called "Mom and Dad's" and had a good Italian dinner. We came back to the motel, got a decent night of sleep, and got up ready to go this morning (Sunday the 28th).

We modified the ACA route to stick almost completely on Highway 90. It cut off a couple of miles and was a good road, smooth pavement, good shoulders, and not too much traffic (but it was Sunday). Father was on the spot for our two breaks, and when we got to Chattahoochee, we loaded up the bikes to look for a motel. There was one terrible place on 90 just east of the center of town ( I don't remember the name, it is the only motel, a white building). The rooms were dark and stunk, and I could see the sky all around the wall mounted air conditioner. No discussion was needed, we took off for Tallahassee and got a room at the Comfort Inn on the extreme west end of town.

The ride today was nice, the only problems being the strong wind out of the north all day long, and the temperature. The temperature wasn't that bad, as it allowed us to  keep  cranking with overheating all day long. No photos, as it was very overcast and cloudy all day and there was nothing very photo-worthy.

The maps and numbers are as follows:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/238146035#.UI3Sdbk3iK0.blogger