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January 9, 2007

Trying to leave Pensacola was a bit confusing, throwing me into the downtown area unexpectedly, but I eventually made it out. The ride across the Florida-Alabama shoreline was disgusting. Condo, condo, condo, seafood restaurant, surf shop, condo, surf shop, condo, condo, condo, restaurant, surf shop. Why would anyone want to live this ridiculous prefab life?

I stopped at Burger King for lunch because I had a coupon for a free Whopper if I bought fries and a drink (I chose coffee). It was actually good and I probably burned it off an hour later. Plus, I got two more coupons with my order. Score!

The miles towards the Mobile Bay Ferry were long and boring. And to top it off, I had to wait 30 minutes for the ferry to arrive. But the trip across the bay was nice since it was almost sunset. One of the crew members was an amateur photographer and took a good picture of me and my bike. Once we hit Dauphin Island it was another 40 minute ride across the bridges to the mainland, the latter half of which I had to do in the dark. Thankfully, just as I got off the bridge there was a small recreational park. I found a place to camp in the shadows and went to bed.