Day 25: To Simmesport, La
Thursday February 25, 2010, 32 miles (51 km) - Total so far: 1,040 miles (1,674 km)
Today was a short day, 32 miles. We woke up to frost on everything once again. I made my way to the warm lobby and found Mike was already in there. Slowly, the rest of the group started to make their way in. We hung around for awhile, waiting for the sun to come out and dry everything up. Then we packed up and were on our way.
The riding was great, barely any wind, mostly flat, straight roads, very quiet, minimal traffic, and the sun was shining. We took a little side road to go check out Zachary Taylor plantation. I guess its a historic site. We made it into Simmesport around 1. We all got some lunch at Family Grill and relaxed. The campsite for the night, the city park, was only 2 miles up the road. Freebie too. We may end up taking a zero day tomorrow, rain is forecast all day, and there are pavilions here we can hang out in, and its free.
Oh, we got a new member as well. Dave, from Houston, has joined us, only for a week or two. He has ridden the Southern Tier before, I think fully and then he did half again. We also got to meet his wife who drove him out to meet us. They actually met up with the group in St. Francisville, before Ryan and I caught back up. Anyway, meeting more great people all the time.
