PICTURES for Day 31(8): Bainbridge, GA to Perry, FL (6/16/2026)

 

 For those who might be new to this blog, I am a preschool teacher riding my bicycle across America and blogging for young children as I go. The purpose of this ride is to raise money for Ryves Youth Center in Terre Haute, IN

If you'd like to donate to Ryves Youth Center in Terre Haute, which is the cause for which I've dedicated this ride, you can donate here (all donations go to Ryves Youth Center; I receive nothing): Ride Across America

For information about what Ryves Youth Center is and the different services they offer, click here: Ryves Youth Center - Catholic Charities Terre Haute - Terre Haute, IN 

Apologies for the lateness of this! I’m absolutely OK and am visiting with family in Florida. I’ll describe the different pictures as we come to them. I would like again to thank Crystal, Justin, and Cierra at Rocky’s Campground who were a big help to me!

Early on Tuesday morning (6/16) I crossed into the state of Florida and left the state of Georgia. That place is called the “state line”. They didn’t have Welcome to Florida signs but they did have “Welcome to Gadsden County” signs, so Cherry Chicken and I took our picture there:

Here were some road signs we passed. This is for a big Interstate highway that we crossed under but didn’t drive on (Interstates are special roads for cars and for big trucks, but not for bicycles). What numbers do you see on this sign? What does it mean when you have “1” and “0” together?

This is what the road looked like during the day:

This was a river we crossed over:

What letters do you see on this sign? What numbers do you see? What does you think it means?

Do you see the yellow line going down the middle of the road? That means that cars have to stay on one side of that road so that they don’t hit cars coming the other way. Bicycles (like I’m riding) go down the SHOULDER of the road, which is the far side of the road between the white line and the grass. That’s to make sure we don’t get hit by cars.

Highway 98 is a “US Highway” or “United States Highway”. That means it goes through many different states in the United States—it goes a long way. The highway that says 59 is a Florida State Highway. It even has a picture of Florida on it. It doesn’t go quite as far as a US Highway. I rode down Highway 98, not Highway 59.

This was a bicycle trail I rode down! There were a lot of trees and, most importantly, NO CARS ALLOWED! That means we who were on bicycles can feel a little bit safer. I rode on this for about 10 miles.

This is a gas station sign. The bright red numbers tell you how much gasoline costs (for cars) and the green ones tell you how much diesel fuel costs (diesel fuel is what they use to help semi trucks move down the road—semi trucks can’t use gas). What letters do you see on the big sign above? What picture do you see below the letters?

This was a palm tree at the campground I stayed at:

This was a pond at the campground I stayed at:

This is what the campground looked like from inside of my tent. This is a palm tree. Do trees look like this where you’re from? Palm trees usually only grow in places that tend to be warm all around the year. Places that freeze a lot during the winter  and get really cold (like Indiana) are too cold for palm trees to grow.