Day 26: To Opelousas, La
Friday February 26, 2010, 52 miles (84 km) - Total so far: 1,092 miles (1,757 km)
We woke up and decided to keep moving, even with the rain coming. The city park was just not accomadating enough to spend a full day and another night there. The pavilions would have been great to keep us dry, but there were no showers, and barely bathrooms. So we packed up and got moving. Except Ryan, he decided to take a zero day there and catch up with us soon. Smart move on his part.
We rode for awhile with no rain, but then it slowly started to drizzle. Then come down a little harder. And then harder still. And it was a cold rain, with winds blowing, making us even colder. It ended up raining for about 75% of our ride.
We stopped for coffee in a little market, and were ready to just set up camp inside, but we had to keep moving. Then we stopped for some lunch, everyone ordered coffee with there food, and we still weren't warming up. We ended up getting rooms at a Budget Inn in Opelousas, La instead of setting up in the rain and being miserable.
Tomorrow is still up in the air. Either going to be 25 miles or 50 miles.