Headed back to Sebring this morning. Rolled out of Tampa along SR-60 pretty early. SR-60 uses the Courtney Campbell Causeway which was simply spectacular, especially with the sun coming up. 10 miles long, basically all over the water.
Google maps wanted me to catch I-4 and take it all the way to Lakeland to catch SR-98 and then US-27 but I wasn’t having any more Florida freeway drivers. So I decided to stay on SR-60 all the way through Brandon and into Bartow. This was good scenery and a good ride. Lots of farms, and lots of workers out picking berries and citrus. Only downside was how many semi trucks there were…heavy industry along here, too, with the phosphate factories and the farming. All of the trucks seemed to be going 80 MPH as a rule. Pretty scary when you’re on two wheels but at least I could see them coming a long ways off and there wasn’t a lot of other traffic to worry about.
I took SR-60 east to Bartow and headed south on SR-98. After awhile this meandered over to US-27 just 15 miles north of where I had to be. A quick little ride down US-27 and I was back at my dad’s house right at noon. Short ride, but all of the wind, sun, and crazy drivers over the past three days had taken its toll and I was pretty whipped, especially after not being on a motorcycle since November. Time for a nap! 
Then it was over to the mall to shop for a wireless printer for Dad and then dinner at Sunset Grille. I had fish again, this time it was blackened salmon. Three dinners, three different kinds of fish. Fun!! Then back to the house and packing for the flight home tomorrow. Distance today: 110 miles
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