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Re: [OM] IMG: Atlantic Beach to St Augustine on two wheels

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Atlantic Beach to St Augustine on two wheels
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:00:55 -0400
After 15+ years on this list I finally get a chance to be the language police. :-) This is a marsh, not a swamp.
<http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/St-Augustine-by-bicycle/51583124_2skwSj#!i=4306531471&k=pGrvJMd>

A swamp is forested wetland such as:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp>

Florida has both but the majority of Florida wetlands (the Everglades) are marsh with "tree islands" thrown in.

Chuck Norcutt



On 8/26/2015 7:01 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
I am spending a few days with my uncle in Atlantic Beach, near Jacksonville. My cousin from California, also a cyclist, has been nice enough to acquire a road bike to keep here, so that this morning I could use it to cycle down to St. Augustine, 51 km south of here. So altogether I cycled 102 km today. In one way it was very easy: Florida is flat as a pancake, so the ride only involved 70 m of climbing. It was very hot, of course, in the mid-90s, but that is not too different from my usual rides around Alicante in the summer. The challenge was more that I had not counted on being able to ride, so I did not have my cycling shoes or pants, so I just rode in my sneakers and gym apparent which made for aching muscles and a sore butt at the end. But it was still great, and I met a nice fellow cyclist from Alabama, with whom I had a nice chat and we rode a few miles together. As often happens, the nicest part of a travel event is meeting the people. I had my little Ricoh GR with me and
the
   resulting 12 photos can be seen here:

http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/St-Augustine-by-bicycle/

As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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