I knew May the 5th would get here. When I first signed up for this trip back in October though, it seemed worlds away. Even at the start of the trip in San Diego back on March 10, it was non-reality, a concrept, a destination but not for that point in time. There were too many places to see, too many miles to ride, stories to be discovered, told and then remembered, it was simply a consideration for another time. Today, May the 5th arrived and the final day of the trip is here and now the trip is over. Wow! It was something.
Last night was our celebration dinner. We were treated to a dinner served to us, not prepared by us. That was nice. After dinner, we went through each day of the trip, reminiscing about things that stuck out in our minds about a particular place, moment or day. It was great fun, a lot of laughs, a fitting end to the last night on the road. Pictures included.
The sun rose over the St Johns river, a beautiful view out of our window. Picture included. Routine morning preparations seemed a little strange as we were doing them for the final time and then we were off for St Augustine.
We crossed the river, enjoyed the sun again, even took a picture of my own shadow while riding. We certainly were not going to be without great scenery on our last day, we followed the river, saw huge fields of potatoes and just meandered towards the Atlantic.
At 1:00, all of us had arrived at Anastasia State Park, headed for the beach and began the awkward process of getting everyone together, getting all cameras front and center and finding friendly unsuspecting strangers to take our pictures. It all came together and other than getting our feet soaked, the tide showed no mercy on our time demands for picture taking, it went well.
Tonight, in a hostel again, lower bunk this time. Not bad.
At the beginning of our group coming together, we were asked to describe ourselves in 5 words. I chose Old. Slow. (Noted that those two went together, interchangeable but not inseparable!). Also, Curious. And Determined.
I left the fifth word open. I wanted to wait, to see how it went. I hoped it would not be a word involving the calling of the next if kin, it didn't. I now chose my fifth word, Done.
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