Brunswick, GA to Fernandia Beach, FL - 62 miles

Now that we're in Florida, it looks like the sun is here to stay.  Had a nice, easy ride today, but we remained inland and the roads were pretty busy.  Over the past few days several logging trucks have been on the roads.  The difference between the logging trucks here and those along US 101 on the Olympic Peninsula is that the logs here are smaller in diameter.  Given all the paper mills around, I assume they are being used for paper manufacture, not for lumber.  However, knowing the many safety issues these trucks have had in the Pacific Northwest, I'm nervous every time one passes.  I always check to be sure there are steel poles on the sides of the truck and straps around all the logs; which there have been.  About three miles before the hotel we crossed another Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway bridge (above) which took us onto Amelia Island.  Just past the hotel is a beautiful beach with white sand, just like those I remember in Pensacola (group picture above).  We have two days left on the trip, both of which should be along the Florida coast.  Tomorrow's destination is St. Augustine, where Jeanne will join me after dinner.