Day 50, Post 45, Quincy, FL to Monticello, FL. This will be a light post. I only cycled about 50 miles today, after not sleeping so well last night. I spent most of the morning getting through Tallahassee, which reminded me a lot of eastern Florida - lots of cars, sporadically bike friendly roads mixed among terrifying traffic, no people walking anywhere, and lots of shopping malls. Outside of urban areas, the Florida panhandle remains pretty and green. I am beginning to notice more horse ranches in addition to farms, which a local tells me are made up primarily of either pecan orchards or cotton farms. Monticello is an attractive town, with rich landmark buildings - an elegant main street of large beautiful homes, and a wonderfully situated county courthouse as a central square - except it's a circle. The town looks like a much better endowed place than Quincy, where I spent last night - and yet the average family income is about $10k less per annum, which tells me that at first glance it is hard to know much of anything about anything.

So, of course, we must all look beyond what seems obvious because real truths lie deeper. Such is the work of true observation. And we must resist jumping to conclusions. Studies show most of us overestimate our intuition, and we are wrong about many things far more often than we actually realize. ...All of which brings us to our strange moment in international affairs. I miss restraint and thoughtfulness, and I fear for the "bold" actions our government has taken recently. I hope the outcomes are positive in the long run, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

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