Week 77: Athena, Florida

I skipped a week of posting because my brother came to visit, but two weeks ago I posted that I was in Florida, and now I feel like I have barely gotten started in the state, even though I am 90 miles in. I am not far from the northern border and only about 10 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the west, so I still have to go east and south a long way.

I walked straight through Tallahassee last week, and now I am on highway 98, which slips between some of the bigger Florida towns and will take me three-quarters of the way to Miami.

Tallahassee was in the news this week because a principal was fired from a charter school there after sixth grade students were shown a picture of the statue of David. As you can see, David is not wearing anything, so at least one parent objected. I guess I do not have much to say about that, except that it seems like a stupid issue, and I have to think the child of the parent who objected is going to become a very screwed up adult,  and I read some comments by the school board chair who fired the principal and who is clearly an idiot, and the whole state of Florida has gone crazy and is filled with morons, but otherwise I don't have anything to say.

Seventy-five days to go. Unless I cut more time off the trip, I will arrive in Miami June 9.