From the Captain: We biked 55.5 miles from Simmesport to St. Francisville, LA. We left Simmesport with sunshine and finally no wind. Immediately had to climb a bridge over e top of thAtchefeleya River. I was surprised that we had never heard of the river when we say the size of it. We are in Cajun country with many bayou's, swamps, and water.
The road were most;u back country roads with very low traffic. We rode alongside a grassy high (40-50FT.) berm for quite some time. You could see the tops of trees over the berm. My curiosity finally got the best of me and I walked up to the berm. It was a levee that contains the migjty Mississippi. The trees were in the flood plain between the levee and the river. It was flooded big time. It must be the water from the spring snow melt.
Carol met us on the way to the ferry with a fresh cooked cajun meal called Etouffee, which was crawfish and rice with a great sauce. What a treat.
We had to take a ferry across the Mississippi River to get to St. Francisville, LA. You have no idea how fast and wide the river is until you get on it.
We had biked flat roads for several days and after landing in St. Francisville, we were immediately into hills. We have heard it is like this through Mississippi.
We met another tandem couple, Gary and Peggy, from Arizona. He had worked 7 years for the National Park Service at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. He confirmed that cougars DO exist in the area in spite of the DNR's denial.
We settled into a nice campground and met 2 other couples biking east to west. One couple from Sweden, were on their way to Portland, Oregon to visit a friend. They were both working on Phd's and were able to get the time off.
The other couple, a nurse practitioner and a writer had just recently became full time RV'ers. She is doing the riding and he provides support. She had had some interesting experiences in Alaska.
We want to thank Peaceful Pines Campground in St. Francisville, 225-635-4903, for supporting our cause.
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