Loving Louisiana

January 11, 2019

Deridder to Mamou

We were up and ready to ride by 8:30 this morning. Decided we would try to ride to Mamou. My right shoulder, upper back has been giving me grief since the pit dog dumped me but after a night's rest it was feeling a bit better. The road behind the hotel was quiet and it was how we came in yesterday but there was a little creek to cross so we thought we would try a different way to get to it.

I rode right into a soft muddy wet area in the yard and got stuck! It wrenched my shoulder girdle good so I was sore the rest of today. Emma and Step had to help again with reaching and bending and lifting my bags. Recovery from a trauma can be a bit traumatic!

Such a pretty day today. A southeast wind and wouldn't you know - we went southeast today! Emma and I got behind Stephen most of the day. He is our pacer when we need to get er done!

We got to Oberlin right at noon and stopped at THe Crawfish Shack for lunch. Surf and Turf Po Boys.

That's our server ducking back into the restaurant. She was so sweet.

We charged the batteries while we ate just to be sure we had plenty of juice.

The ride fields were in all dfiferent stages of growth.

Now we are the Hotel Cazan just down the street from the famous Fred's Lounge. Every Saturday the music starts at 9:30 am and live bands play until 2pm! We may be staying here tomorrow, at least for a few hours so Em can listen to music.

Today's ride: 63 miles (101 km)
Total: 3,766 miles (6,061 km)

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