Worm gruntin’ and oyster shuckin’  Back from a week and a half in Florida, doing some worm gruntin' and oyster shuckin' on Bike Florida and spending a wet weekend on the beach in Destin. We were lucky on Bike Florida in that we had very little rain until the last day. Even then the rain was light and the temperature was mild. The ride this year was in the center part of the Panhandle from Monticello (pronounced Mon-ti-SELL-o) which is just east of Tallahassee, west to Quincy, then south along the beach to Apalachicola, back north to Sopchoppy for the worm gruntin', then back to Monticello.

As crowded and developed as Florida has become, it's surprising to pass through an area that contains so few people and so many pine trees. After the bike trip we spent a little time in my bother's condo on the beach in Destin, watching the rain and waiting for the tornado warnings to end. From the time we arrived until just before we left there were nearly constant tornado warnings. That was OK since we needed a little time just to relax. I plan to write a trip report about our adventures in the near future.
posted by Bruce Wright at 9:50 PM #