In Monticello we stopped at a great little bakery with excellent scones and cinnamon rolls. Jim insists, that though the cinnamon rolls were good, they do not surpass the ones we enjoyed in Alpine, TX. Nonetheless , he shared a second roll with me.
We later visited the memorial to Ray Charles in his hometown of Greeville, FL. Later in the day, after dinner, Bubba arranged for us to meet with Ms. Pritchard. She had been a childhood friend of Ray Charles, and she shared her childhood memories with us. Ms. Pritchard's life is as remarkable as Charles. She came from a poor family, but managed to raise 5 children, and then go on to teach school for 38 years -- and serve as both myor and councilwoman in Greenville.
A dining room at the bakery in Monticello. Interestingly, the bakery offered a large number of products for bee keepers.
Our riding group stopped every 10 miles for 2 or 3 minutes. At one of these "butt breaks", we came across a large number of nesting egrets. Though difficult to dicern in this photo, there were scores of birds at this location, a hundred fee or so from the highway.
Me jamming with Ray.
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