We started this morning expecting to have breakfast at McDonald's across the street from our hotel. It was not open--so we started riding with a quick banana and yogurt. Down the road we found a casino with an open restaurant. Ron gambled while we waited for our food--doubled his money! (He only put in a dollar). We were pleased to have beignets.
We expected the ride to be 44 miles today. We took a more direct route and arrived at 30 miles. I thought the scenery looked a lot like Oregon
We had two flat tires in the first 12 miles . The roads are full of debris and most of the flats are caused by glass fragments. Sharon's first flat tire, however was a 3 inch nail that it went in the tube and came out part way. She stopped when she heard the clicking and had to use pliers to pull it out. In many areas the road was very bumpy and in poor condition.
When we reached our intended destination the Sportsman motel was horrible. We ended up getting a credit and rode to the next town which was 29 miles further. We had already stopped and gotten groceries for the night so we were fully loaded for the last mileage.
We passed some cotton fields. They had already been harvested but Sharon had to pick some anyway.
Ron is doing a lot of patching of our tubes. We now have had seven flat tires and that is more than we expected. But physically we are in good shape & still considering it a nice adventure!
We did not see any restaurants that were open today since it was Sunday so we cooked in our room ("haystacks") and treated ourselves to cake!
Tomorrow we will probably go to Mamou which is about 37 miles.
2 comments:
So glad you got some beignets!!! Sorry for all the flats. it seemed you started out really good with out tie issues then in the last couple of days it has not been good. Seems you are always well prepared though...choc cake!
I would like to see some cotton fields sometime. I hope you brought what you picked home Sharon.
Haystacks make everything better.
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