Florida Caverns State Park

The only task today was to drive up the coast to Pensacola, but with only four hours of drive time to cover but six hours between hotel check-outs and check-ins, plus gaining an hour back as we cross a time zone, we had some time to kill.

First we visited St George's Island by car, allowing me to recount the ultra-marathon run for Jessica but by car this time. (It seemed pathetically short from the air-conditioned car interior.) This time I was able to give in to the temptation that I had been forced to resist during my ordeal yesterday: heading down to the beach and having a wade in the Gulf.

St. George's Island has a gorgeous white-sand beach and a sleepy, laid-back atmosphere; we made a note that this would be a good place to come and relax for a few weeks.

We then headed inland to revisit what is becoming a tradition for me on the day after a marathon: spelunking. A few hours' drive found us at Florida Caverns State Park, which we had assumed to be a kitschy, stand-behind-the-handrails, view-from-afar type thing but turned out to be quite immersive and impressive.

No jokes today.

(Events of October 24, 2016.)