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Trans America Cycling Day 44 - Marianna, FL to Tallahassee, FL

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The link to today's route and statistics is found here . Today conditions for riding were excellent.  Wind was not too high, 8 mph max, and at the end of the day there was even some tailwind.  The high was about 80 F.  The humidity was only about 60%.  The road surface was very good in most places.  We made good time. We saw damage from Hurricane Michael from Marianna to about 50 miles east, approaching Tallahassee.  There were many trees in the forests snapped in two or uprooted.  Many houses had blue plastic sheeting for temporary roofing until a roofer could finish the job.  One section of forest around Chattahoochee had severe tree damage.  Perhaps a tornado spawned from the hurricane tore through this swath of trees. In a heavily damaged swath of the forest near Chattahoochee most pine trees were snapped in two. Rays of hope coming through.  As we rode on we crossed the Apalachicola River, going from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone and then Geor