Day 9: Started well, finished badly. There ride from Daytona to Jacksonville Beach was magnificent. I could see the waves, the surf, beaches, dunes and wild flowers from my bike. A fresh breeze had me running at 20mph most of the way. Then near Jax, it got very urban, lots of traffic, ugly. I had done 100 miles already and was aiming for Amelia Island - another 30 miles. I could have made it easily, but I missed a turning and went 15 miles the wrong way. I decided to stay over at Atlantic Beach having done 116 miles in 7 hours. Just a short finale tomorrow.