We took off, and Milena and I pushed the pace a bit. The boys were a bit behind, but we figured they would find the one turn they needed to take before Gainsville. Wrong... They missed it and ended up taking a different route into Gainsville. After Milena and I figured that out, we tried to go find them and we caught up to them at a gas station just east of Gainsville.
From there, we made our way to a coffee/bike shop downtown that had pretty good coffee and quite the hipster culture. We spent an hour trying on a variety of jerseys from their 'retro' collection, and Milena, Frosty, and I all bought some obnoxious looking jerseys.
I texted a friend of mine and told him this, and he told me about Paynes Prairie that is just south of Gainsville where there are wild horses, bison, and lots of alligators. Turns out it was even on our route, even better! We left the coffee shop and headed down to the Prairie where we went into an observation area. After locking our bikes, we walked out, and within the first quarter of a mile we saw lots of gators out sunbathing. We kept walking out, and we were within about 5 or 10 feet of some pretty big guys!
After spending an hour or two out there, we figured it was time to head to camp. Right after we left, we saw 3 armadillos (alive, for once)!!
Camp isn't the best tonight (a motel), but it was a great day. Lets just say when the cost is the same for the motel rooms or camping, you know the motel rooms aren't that great...
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