Fortunately for me, it was a relatively short trip to Tallahassee.  Our plan was to ride the Tallahassee-St. Marks trail.

We stayed at the Tallahassee TownePlace Suites. It was in a good location on one of the main streets that went by the Florida state government buildings. It was also up the road from the trailhead.

I didn’t ride on the trail because I ate something that didn’t agree with me. For the next few days, I ate wonton soup almost exclusively (since I felt it was just another chicken soup).

I actually felt pretty lousy for a few days I am sorry to say.  It was odd because we shared the same food, but Mike was okay, thank goodness. One of us had to be good since we had a way to go.

The next day, I took Mike over to the trail. He said he would ride back to the hotel.  Little did I know that wasn’t going to happen.

The trail is the first paved rail-trail developed by the state.  It follows the route of Florida’s first and longest-operating railroad that was used primarily to transport cotton from plantations to awaiting ships. The Tallahassee-St Marks trail travels about 20 miles through urban and more scenic rural areas.

Since we were there in the spring, there were lots of beautiful flowers blooming beside the trail.

Near the southern end of the trail, there are ruins of Spanish masonry lie beside traces of Confederate earthworks at the San Marcos de Apalache historic park.

Mike decided that riding back the same way would just be boring so he and trusty (I use that term loosely) garmin would take another route back to the hotel.  He actually got to take a really fun ride through the Apalachicola National Forest.

I was expecting him get back to the hotel,  but he got lost and I had to retrieve a very tired Mike.

I can honestly say I didn’t want to be at the bus station let alone have to fetch Mike.  He would have had to ride a fairly high traffic area. As I said, the garmin didn’t do him any favors.

We left the next day for our last stop before Sarasota: Crystal River.