Day #32; Thursday, May 8
Start: Easleyville, LA
Start: Easleyville, LA
End: Poplarville, MS
91.9milesLast night Kevin (referenced in prior posts) caught up with us. We were the only 3 people at the campground where we stayed. The day went smoothly, and we covered a lot of miles despite the fact that it was one of our warmer days yet. Sometime mid morning we stopped for a couple of lady motorists on the side of the road. Their tie rod (important for steering and for keeping front wheels lined up) had disconnected. We were able to help them get back on the road--I got a kick out of being able to stop while on my bicycle to help motorists...we are not as helpless as we might look.
For lunch we stopped at this cafe in Bogalusa, LA. The food was excellent and the costs were great.
I had a big burger with onion rings and BBQ sauce on the burger...different and great. We continued on in the heat to reach our most recent warmshowers hosts. We were able to share the experience with Kevin when we stayed with Tanya and Steve in Poplarville, MS
(another new state...my first MS experience). The stay was fun. We ate a great home cooked dinner and breakfast and got to meet Tanya's many animals. What great hosts we have continued to have on this trip.Day #33; Friday, May 9
Start: Poplarville, MS
End:Vancleave, MS
72.8 miles
Before leaving this AM we took a picture with Tanya. Steve had already left for work, so we missed getting to photograph him.
Here we are with Tanya and Kevin (Kevin is from WI and has been most recently living in AK).
We took a couple of shortcuts today (maybe not much different mileage, but better roads) as recommended by Tanya, and everything went extremely smoothly. We reached our campground around 4 in the afternoon, which is relatively early for us. We got to go swimming for the first time on our trip since the campground had a pool. It felt so nice! We ate dinner at the campground (beans and cheese on tortillas all on the campstove). Meanwhile the campground came alive with the Friday night party crowd. We had a very intoxicated lady across from us singing a number of different classic rock songs, and we made a friend from a couple of campers over who was also quite lubricated with malt liquor...still very friendly. Luckily it all settled down in time for us to sleep pretty well considering the amazing humidity and stickiness.
Before leaving this AM we took a picture with Tanya. Steve had already left for work, so we missed getting to photograph him.
Here we are with Tanya and Kevin (Kevin is from WI and has been most recently living in AK).We took a couple of shortcuts today (maybe not much different mileage, but better roads) as recommended by Tanya, and everything went extremely smoothly. We reached our campground around 4 in the afternoon, which is relatively early for us. We got to go swimming for the first time on our trip since the campground had a pool. It felt so nice! We ate dinner at the campground (beans and cheese on tortillas all on the campstove). Meanwhile the campground came alive with the Friday night party crowd. We had a very intoxicated lady across from us singing a number of different classic rock songs, and we made a friend from a couple of campers over who was also quite lubricated with malt liquor...still very friendly. Luckily it all settled down in time for us to sleep pretty well considering the amazing humidity and stickiness.
Day #34; Saturday, May 10
Start: Vancleave, MS
End: Gulf Shores, AL
91.1 miles
A good day for photos. We got to ride from the treed and kind of backwoods feeling areas toward the ocean. We reached Alabama (yet another new state...at the state line we got a picture of the welcome AL sign...but we discovered after taking the picture that this one may not be suitable for younger eyes...
...the forms showed up much more obviously when using the flash with the reflective sign). We then walked across the road to get a better picture with a MS sign...
Kevin joined us, and we got a pretty nice picture with all of us in the air. We rode through Alabama Port and down to Dauphin Island. From there we took a ferry across to the other side
of Mobile Bay and rode into Gulf Shores where we spent the night in a huge state park. Stacy was not too impressed by the ferry as she was expecting something more along the lines of the Seattle Ferry system...we had no water, no toilets, no shade on the boat, and everything was quite a bit smaller than we are accustomed to at home. When we started moving and she felt the breeze she was happier. 
We hope to get more caught up on our blog in the next couple of days. Sorry to those of you who check frequently...we have been poor updaters.
A good day for photos. We got to ride from the treed and kind of backwoods feeling areas toward the ocean. We reached Alabama (yet another new state...at the state line we got a picture of the welcome AL sign...but we discovered after taking the picture that this one may not be suitable for younger eyes...
...the forms showed up much more obviously when using the flash with the reflective sign). We then walked across the road to get a better picture with a MS sign...
Kevin joined us, and we got a pretty nice picture with all of us in the air. We rode through Alabama Port and down to Dauphin Island. From there we took a ferry across to the other side
of Mobile Bay and rode into Gulf Shores where we spent the night in a huge state park. Stacy was not too impressed by the ferry as she was expecting something more along the lines of the Seattle Ferry system...we had no water, no toilets, no shade on the boat, and everything was quite a bit smaller than we are accustomed to at home. When we started moving and she felt the breeze she was happier. 
We hope to get more caught up on our blog in the next couple of days. Sorry to those of you who check frequently...we have been poor updaters. 
1 comment:
the metro deli was very glad to have you on your great journey. next time you roll through town give us a heads up and we'll find you a catless place to crash. best wishes on the final leg of your trip.
~josh
Post a Comment