Day-30 Highway 129, Florida - Georgia

13-days of Captiva and 16-days on the road seeing relatives and friends rejuvenated me!   Now I needed another road trip adventure!   An early morning departure allowed me to cover about 300-miles before I ventured on to 200-miles of back roads.  I started on I-75 then took off on Hwy.129.   What a lucky decision.     Before I reached the Georgia border on 129,   I crossed over the Suwanee River, made famous in Stephen Foster's song :           (it's Florida's State Song)

Then I crossed the border after going through an interesting Florida small town, Jasper.

Most of Hwy.129 lies in the upper coastal plain, a very productive agricultural area.   Many pine forests also.   Many log trucks on the road .. thought I was in Oregon.    Pecan trees, lots and lots of cotton fields.    I think the cotton was in mid-harvest.   Some fields had large round bales, similar to the hay ones you see in Oregon, but the cotton ones had cotton surrounded by yellow plastic.

from John Deere .. literature

AND, I know you've been wanting more historical signs ..

The town of Lakeland is known as the 'mural town'.    See what I mean :

I forget where the next images were taken.    Drove through Nashville, Alapaha, Ocilla, Fitzgerald, Abbeville, and Hawkinsville,  all very interesting and historic.

and to make sure you get enough Georgia history ..

I'm glad I was able to travel this much road in one day, approx. 200-miles.   Just as soon as I went back onto I-75, I was in a torrential downpour all the way to Atlanta and it let up by Marietta.

Tomorrow .. on to Decatur, Illinois and Marty's parents, Charlotte & Tom, via- Tennessee & Kentucky.

today's mileage :  635
accumulated trip mileage :  5042