Are We Having Fun Yet, Pensacola to Crestview, FL

68 miles, rolling with 1700' of elevation gain, 84 degrees and 98% humidity
  I remember this kind of weather. I lived in NYC and Long Island for 52 years when it was so sticky it was hard to get your cycling shorts on unless you were right in front of the air conditioner. Forget about worrying about a bad hair day as the sweat was pouring off us and our glasses fogged when we slowed let along stopped.
   The beginning of the ride went along miles of beaches and spectacular homes not unlike the high end area of the Hamptons on Long Island. We headed a little north out of sight of the Gulf and population and were very much in the rural area of Florida. As a SCUBA diver who on occasion us to go cave diving , I was not surprised to see many dive shops and entry platforms to the clear water rivers which give you access to the caves. This is nothing like open water diving but if you like the challenge it does provide some incredible views of underwater caves.
  I digress from the bike tour aspect. We popped onto a bike path which was wide and quiet and needed to get off at a certain point where the sag would be waiting to make sure we excited at the proper location. Funny thing, the sag was lost and not us. We called the sag and using a couple of smarty pants phones, we got Lisa squared away and eventually she found us and all was good.
  I personally do not have a smart phone as no cell coverage in the Colorado Mts where I live make it more of a waste of money. On this trip, however, whenever there was a little route confusion, it was real handy to have someone in the group keep us on the straight and narrow. Absolutely, no one wants to do any bonus miles at this point in the ride.
  The town of Crestview has a real old downtown area and since we were less than two miles from the hotel a number of the cyclists stopped for a late lunch. I came right in and put my head in a bucket of ice.