Savannah, GA to Brunswick, GA - 83 miles

We got a slow start today.  After a mere 2.3 miles of riding through Savannah rush-hour traffic, we came upon a freight train stopped on the tracks in the middle of the road (above).  It kept going back and forth, probably either switching tracks or adding cars.  We were there about 20 minutes, and a long line of cars gathered as we waited.  When the train finally moved out of our way we held up traffic even further on the single-lane road.  We were not very popular.  Today was actually a pretty boring day as there was little scenery; we were inland all day.  The weather was very muggy and cloudy through most of the ride but we had some sun breaks just before we entered Brunswick.  This was our last relatively long day as we coast into Daytona Beach with rides of 61, 57 and 50 miles the remaining three days of the trip.  Tomorrow we enter Florida, ending the day at Amelia Island.

A note on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.  Since we left Norfolk, we have spent much of our time on this system.  To quote from Wikipedia "The Intracoastal Waterway is a 3,000-mile waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.  Some lengths consist of natural inlets, salt-water rivers, bays, and sounds; others are artificial canals. It provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea....The waterway runs for most of the length of the Eastern Seaboard, from its unofficial northern terminus at the Manasquan River in New Jersey, where it connects with the Atlantic Ocean at the Manasquan Inlet, then around the Gulf of Mexico to Brownsville, Texas.... The ICW is a significant portion of the Great Loop, a circumnavigation route encircling the eastern half of the continental United States....The waterway consists of three non-contiguous segments: the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, extending from Brownsville, Texas east to Carrabelle, Florida; a second section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, beginning at Tarpon Springs, Florida, and extending south to Fort Myers, Florida; and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, extending from Key West, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia."  The ride over the many bridges and along the marshes has been very interesting.  We have seen a lots of fisherman as well as numerous forms of wildlife, in addition to the mosquitoes, over the many days we have spent on this system (above).  Climbing to the apex of the bridges has accounted for most of the elevation gain we have had since we left New Jersey.