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One of the things I've learned is to always verify that there, are, in fact, no vacancies.
Several times I've encountered the same situation you found here.
Great post for this day. Not so great was that a town with the same name as one of the greatest writers in the English language was so dismal.
1 day agoNice Benchley quote hidden in your narrative.
I agree with Jeff regarding your motel experience. Except for the lizards and insects, I had a similar room in Leland, Mississippi. I wrote about the thin walls, loud conversations on the other side of the walls, sketchy characters hanging outside of my room, etc. There was one thing I didn't write about though. Unlike you, one of the first things I do when entering my room is turn the TV on. To my shock, the channel that came up was 24-hour hard core porn. So was the next channel. I should have known, considering the motel had rent-by-the-hour rooms. I'm not exactly a prude, but I was relieved to find some sit-coms to watch as I flipped through the channels.
If handcuffs are good enough for arrested criminals, they're good enough for bikes.
1 day agoHead is kinda beat up, but looks like maybe a pine snake, or close relative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_pine_snake
Crayfish (crawdads) living in flooded rice fields are harvested using the traps.
https://cajuncrawfish.com/crawfish-and-rice-a-perfect-agricultural-match/#:~:text=Rice%20is%20planted%20in%20March,the%20whole%20process%20starts%20over.
I love a good terrible-touring-motel writeup.
This is a great one!
Noosing green anoles is easier than grabbing. But if you see one on a tree, you can circle around behind where it can't see you and then approach to within inches of the tree (keeping an eye on the spot) and quickly reach around to grab before it can react. Caught lots of them like that over the years.
2 weeks agoI grew up with these things, and as a kid thought they were really cool because when we'd try catching them their tail would sometimes come off and wiggle, presumably to attract whatever predator was chasing it. I always felt bad, though, and tried to trap them very carefully.
2 weeks agoGreen Anole. Fun critter, and good insect disposal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis_carolinensis
I'm SURE she doesn't read his books. :-). And, by the way, Bryson is a home-grown Iowan, raised in Des Moines.
2 weeks agoThe impressive mileage and average speed make me think I might've had one of those rare days with a tailwind. There weren't many, but there was one here and there. Plus, there's the fact that I'd ridden 1800 miles by then. :-)
2 weeks agoI made up for missing the crawdads later. :-)
2 weeks agoYou're perfectly right in shaming me for missing that one. It must've been the warm glow of happiness and satisfaction it transferred to me, leaving me with the feeling that I need nothing else in the world except to gaze upon its magnificence. My only excuse was that I was blinded by the beauty.
2 weeks ago
Lesson definitely learned!
1 day ago