Day 35 - Opelousas to Ragley

Tuesday.

Today was an almost super smooth day of riding.
I started the day with the breakfast of champions, a can of Dinty Moore beef stew.

We left the city park of Opelousas, and our day was broken up into three ~25 mile sections.

As we entered a town named Elton, the first sign of Texas appeared.

Texas was less than 100 miles away. Sure, in a car that's only an hour and a half, but by bicycle it means we could be in Texas tomorrow. Exciting stuff.

Otherwise, I didn't take many pictures today, but when we were stopped by a train, I snapped a few.




Our destination for the evening was the Juddie Claire RV campground, just outside of Ragley, LA. When I had spoken to the lady on the phone, she informed me that it would be two dollars to camp. Two dollars! As we pulled into the campground, the lady and her husband called us up to their porch, offered us a glass of water, and told us that they weren't going to charge us to camp at all. Such great people.

I'm terrible with names, and can't remember either one, but the husband is 86, and the wife 67. They have been married for 40 years, and built the house and campground to host family reunions. It then turned into a proper RV campground, and more recently had FEMA trailers for 3 years after Katrina.

We unloaded our bikes, set up our tents, and set off to ride the two miles into town for dinner. Sure enough, 'ping'! Jake had broken another spoke. We were so close to a day free of mechanical problems. Oh well, I guess that is part of touring. Dealing with the issues that come up.

Day 35 - 70.24 Miles
Trip to Date - 1897.18 miles
Coast to Coast - 950.73 miles