Day 1 The Adventure BeginsBill Frederick offered to accompany me on this first day of the Bucket Tour. When I got to Bill’s home at 7:30 am, Ed Ketcham was waiting to ride with us also. When we arrived at Caposey’s Restaurant in NP Richey, Dick McCall was waiting for us. What a great surprise! You’ve heard of the Over-The-Hill Gang, well the four of us make up the Above-The-Sod Gang.

The weather was beautiful and after breakfast we headed North on US19. The miles fell behind us and soon it was re-fuel time in Chefland. Ed and Dick left us at that point to go and look for squiggly new roads and Bill and I pressed on for, what else, lunch in Perry. We opted for Pounce’s instead of Swain’s. We left US 19 for US98 and headed west.

I have ridden through the Apalachicola National Forest on many occasions and every time it rained. Today was no exception. We almost made it, but the rain caught up with us about 35 miles out of Marianna. We sat out the most of the storm with Jessica at the Amoco station. Thanks Jessica.

After about an hour the rain eased and we rode off into another downpour about a mile down the road. Such is motorcycle touring.
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