Days 64 & 65 - Nov. 7th & 8th I rested on Friday as I got here a day early for my visit...so it gave me a chance to catch up on my computer work. On Nov. 8th I got the opportunity to visit the Tallahassee Florida Habitat where they must of had 50 volunteers from Florida State University and TCC students working on several houses at the same time. There were also 6 Board Members in attendance as well. Also, we got the opportunity to meet 3 new, or potential home owners who were very excited about their new houses. One home was only a couple of weeks from completion as the final work was currently being done. Great Work!! The college students spend 12 weeks volunteering on Saturday's and "Blitz" days to complete a house from start to finish. I was really impressed with the large group of students, especially considering it was a home football game day for FSU. At this build site location there were to be 28 Habitat homes of which 21 have been either completed or started construction. The Tallahassee Habitat affiliate builds appox. 12 to 15 homes per year! Congratulations Tallahassee Habitat for all your great work!! Below is a picture of us standing in front of the future home of Beverly King.
As mentioned in by earlier blog (click "blog" at the top of the page to see all blogs) my friend Tom Krakow has joined me in the final 300 miles of riding to our final and big arrival in St. Augustine. Tom is a smart man as he has joined me for the flattest part of this trip! Also, just a small note about Tallahassee Florida, it is considered the "Deep South" or "The Other Florida" as it is so much different then the neon amusement parks, beaches, retirement communities etc. that we often associate Florida with in general. Tallahassee is a large college town along with being the Capital of Florida with a population of appox. 250,000 to 300,000 people. (Below is a picture of Tom Krakow, Barbara and Exe. Dir. Tyler Turkle)
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