Florida - July 30, 2005
The ride mainly across I-10 through the Florida panhandle. The only
diversion was for a quick pass through Calhoun and Liberty counties,
with Liberty being the last of Florida's counties that I needed to
visit to complete the state. In addition to the usual roads and
scenes, there's quite a bit of evidence of Hurricane Ivan damage in
the Pensacola area.
Into Florida on I-10.
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The trees are looking pretty battered here in Escambia county.
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Big merge down to one lane to cross Escambia Bay on the I-10 bridges that were badly damaged by Ivan.
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Coming up on a temporary steel grate section of the bridge that replaces a part badly damaged or destroyed.
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More steel grating.
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Ivan tree damage.
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Ivan sign damage.
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Ivan sign destruction.
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Good-sized tree knocked over.
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Contruction at the exit where we got gas. Two gas stations here were abandoned. It wasn't clear if this had anything to do with hurricane damage.
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Turn off for a brief side trip.
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We went south on 71 for a bit.
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To this town: Blountstown.
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More Blountstown.
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Calhoun county's old courthouse.
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After crossing into Liberty County (and Eastern Time), we turned back up toward I-10 on Route 12.
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Back on I-10, we saw a rainbow.
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Another attempt to take a picture of the rainbow.
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Continuing on I-10.
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Practicing with low-light modes on the camera. Not bad.
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Crossing the Suwanee River, a sign with a few bars of actual music.
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Another attempt at that sign. Too bad it was just a bit too dark.
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