{"id":333,"date":"2016-06-03T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T23:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/?p=333"},"modified":"2016-06-05T05:20:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T13:20:50","slug":"day-18-milton-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 &#8211; Milton, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a great way to start the morning, Brandy &amp; Jayson took me out to breakfast.\u00a0 Brandy was telling me about this special sausage they make here in Alabama and that I just had to try it.\u00a0 I guess Louisiana has there <span class=\"st\"><em>Andouille Sausage<\/em><\/span> and Alabama has their Conecuh (conek-UH) Sausage`.\u00a0 We went to a deli that serves breakfast and I got the Conecuh Scramble.\u00a0 Brandy was right, that sausage was really good, and so was everything else on the plate.\u00a0 This is what I call a gettin&#8217; you down the road breakfast &#8211; and it did that for sure.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-335 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Breakfast.jpg?resize=584%2C409\" alt=\"Breakfast\" width=\"584\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Breakfast.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Breakfast.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Breakfast.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Breakfast.jpg?resize=429%2C300&amp;ssl=1 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One last hug from my niece and I was in departure mode.\u00a0 It takes a little while to load the bike especially if the hotel doesn&#8217;t have one of those luggage carts you can use.\u00a0 Four or five trips back and forth and it&#8217;s time to get rolling.\u00a0 Last night I was telling my wife that I was looking for a good route down to Milton, Florida. I have several sources but was still looking when she suggested I take Hwy 41.\u00a0 I took her suggestion and I&#8217;m happy that I did.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an easy ride but not a straight up ride, plenty of curves and altitude changes with very little actual challenge.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a while since you got a video so here&#8217;s about a mile of Hwy 41 &#8211; bonus points if you know what the song is&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NAsKR6NhFF8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe couple I&#8217;m going to visit in Milton is the same couple that are partners in our boat up in Canada. Ned told me that if I came by he would take me fishing in the Gulf of Mexico for Red Snapper. Seems I lucked out and my visit will be during the NINE DAY fishing season for these fish &#8211; and &#8211; if the fish &amp; game thinks too many are being caught, they can shorten the season to SIX days.\u00a0 Are you kidding me!! Six day fishing season &#8211; I&#8217;ve never heard-a such-a thing.\u00a0 I guess they are really good eating and some of them get pretty big.\u00a0 This is Ned with a 20 pounder from just a couple days ago.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-340 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?resize=584%2C329\" alt=\"Red Ned\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Red-Ned.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-338\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/55-pounder.jpg?resize=241%2C402\" alt=\"55 pounder\" width=\"241\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/55-pounder.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/55-pounder.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/>I have another buddy in Milton &#8211; a guy that I was in the Air Force with a hundred years ago.\u00a0 I used to fish with this guy back then and while he was stationed up in Alaska, he told me to come up and he&#8217;d take me salmon fishing.\u00a0 Ned said, &#8220;Sure &#8211; bring him.&#8221;\u00a0 I stopped by and we visited for a couple hours.\u00a0 Unfortunately he won&#8217;t be joining Ned &amp; I for the great Snapper Slaughter tomorrow, but it&#8217;s always good to see old friends.\u00a0 And yes, that&#8217;s really me in the picture.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be staying here in Milton for a couple days so be patient and I&#8217;ll have another post for you soon.\u00a0 Hey, while you&#8217;re waiting, see what you can do to send some good weather to this part of the country.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-336 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Day-18.jpg?resize=307%2C420\" alt=\"Day 18\" width=\"307\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Day-18.jpg?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Day-18.jpg?resize=219%2C300&amp;ssl=1 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a great way to start the morning, Brandy &amp; Jayson took me out to breakfast.\u00a0 Brandy was telling me about this special sausage they make here in Alabama and that I just had to try it.\u00a0 I guess Louisiana &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/?p=333\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qntY-5n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2016\/whiskeypapa\/here\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}