Today’s 49 mile ride from Amite
City to Bogalusa felt longer than it should have; apparently I was more worn
out from the last 3 days than I thought. This morning at breakfast while we
were discussing the route, a local approached to let us know that our
destination, Bogalusa, is known by folks in the surrounding areas as “Stinkalusa”
due to the, apparently unpleasant, smells coming from their paper mill. Well with
that ringing endorsement, I was excited to get on the road.
The only smell that caught my
attention today was cilantro. We smelled it along almost the whole route – and what
a smell it was! I don’t think Louisiana is known for their cilantro production,
so it must be something else native to the area. I spent a lot of time thinking
about guacamole today.
Our next stop, Gulfport, MS, is directly
in Nate’s path. We’re planning to ride tomorrow until we hit too much rain to
continue, then retreat north to Hattiesburg to ride out the storm. I’m hopeful
we’ll make it to Gulfport, the storm will blow over, and we’ll continue on our
merry way Sunday morning, but things don’t typically work out that way for me.
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| Pretty ride into Franklinton, but too hot for the Safety Yellows |
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| One of the many logging trucks passing us these days |
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