Day 12: The True Men Show

Hattiesburg MS to Seaside FL
Rode 240 miles, Filed by the Bug

What can you say about southern Mississippi's US Route 98 into Alabama? No, really what can you say? Because if you've got something, you're welcome to describe this day without having been there. And…you'll get it right! Let's see. It was straight, hot, with several Wal-Mart Supercenters. And did we mention straight and hot?

We stopped and took a picture of the "welcome to Florida" sign on the highway, and then quickened our pace considerably, due, I'm sure, to the twin facts that we were nearing our finish line and–more important–nearing home. Blue actually said he was glad to feel the Florida humidity! Can you spell "heatstroke"?

Actually the ride was relatively short, and the fun began once we had arrived at our destination, Drs. Jason and Amanda Thackery's "future" beachside condo, just east of the dollhouse town of Seaside. Jason describes it as future beachside, because it's a block from the current shoreline of that hurricane magnet known as the Florida panhandle.

The Thackerys were wonderful hosts for the evening, and they deserve huge thanks for their generosity in allowing three hogs and a schwien to wallow in their holiday spot. We enjoyed a wonderful seafood dinner together, during which Jason and Pastor Blue swapped fishing stories and tales about Pastor Ron, and then retired back to our comfortable digs for the night. Having run out of friends with condominiums, we decided we should motor on home to Gainesville the next morning at daybreak.