From Tallahassee

Day 58: I wake up around 4:50 before my alarm goes off. Taking advantage of the head start I make a tea that Josh and Megan left out for me.

I’m out of the house at 5:20 to head down to the Lady Bird Lake hiking trail, which runs on both sides of the Colorado River.

I get started around 6, while it was still dark, but there are dozens of other runners and I feel very safe.

After a mile I take a pedestrian bridge to the south side of the river for a better view of downtown Austin.

The sun starts to come up as I’m out and I take the bridge back to the north side of the river and turn back to get to my car.

I only run 6 miles, but it is a fun reintroduction to running and start to the final day of the trip.

I’m on the road by 7 to begin the drive back home. It’s pretty easy going until Houston. It takes an hour to get through the city, but I finally make it through.

There are no issues until late afternoon when it starts to rain really hard. I need gas anyway and pull over at a Buc-ees for about 15 minutes to wait out the rain.

Following my visit to America’s most famous beaver themed store, drive over to Pensacola to get dinner with David and Megan. It’s good catching up and the trip has now come full circle as this was the place I stayed my first night.

I don’t get back on the road until nearly 7:45CDT and power through the final stretch of I-10. I get home around 11:40EDT and Justin helped me unload the rental car before dropping it off at Avis. Finally home and in bed around 12:30 to complete the odyssey of a trip.

Day 59: Up a little before 5:30 for a 6am run.

Just kidding. No lengthy entry for today. Just want to say how thankful I am to have visited so many amazing places, meet some incredible people, and share so many memories with close friends.

Excited to see my Tallahassee friends and family now that I’m back.

Also, the countdown to the start of school can officially begin now!