C2C2011 Day 41 Poplarville to Vancleave, MS
It’s 4 AM, 75 degrees with 100% RH … A logging truck just started up next to my tent so I am up thinking about the day to come. Lots […]
It’s 4 AM, 75 degrees with 100% RH … A logging truck just started up next to my tent so I am up thinking about the day to come. Lots […]
Our first real excitement and close call of the trip today, as we enter our sixth state, Mississippi. Not very long before we cross the bridge into Mississippi and we […]
Finally we are getting the Louisiana weather we expected, hot and humid. What I didn’t expect was how hilly Louisiana is. Pretty ride, quiet and green. Just down the road […]
Late breakfast, waffles today it’s rest day. I spent the morning watching Lep and Perry, our hosts, prepare dinner of gumbo and jambolya. Lep starts by making a roux. Perry […]
Another exciting day, today we cross the Mississippi. Our group overwhelms the restaurant at the Holliday Inn, we don’t hit the road until after 9 AM so with river crossing […]
A really busy day, lots of miles and lots of new things to do. We are in Louisiana and things are different than in Texas. Big surprise is that the […]
It feels like an accomplishment to finish riding across Texas. Texas has been 19 days of friendly people, great scenery, great companionship, shared suffering, and single course chip seal roads. […]
Our last night in Texas, now on to Louisiana. Today was a “Logs and Dogs” day, logging trucks and dogs chasing us. Green straight roads without a lot of climbing […]
Our penultimate day in Texas was a beautiful ride thru the Sam Houston National Forest. Cool, sunny day with a head wind if course and sneaky hills. As we rode […]
Last night for dinner we had left over bar-b-Que form the lunch in Independence, TX at site of old Balyor College and it was terrific. Today I get to try […]