Left the camp site bright and early this morning. Every 20 or so miles along the trace, there's a historical site that has one or more signs and sometimes a nature trail you can hike which has small informational signs all along it. Each one matches a theme. I learned…
My trip to the bike shop ended up taking all morning and a better part of the afternoon. The plus side is that my bike is now in tip top shape! The downside is that I lost just about half the day. I managed to ride up about 20 miles…
Well, I'm a week in today. It's been a pretty slow start. I'm chugging along though, I'm getting better at this each day I do it. Good thing I don't have a solid deadline to arrive by! Made it to Ridgeland last night. I noticed my front breaks were squeaking…
Not much to say today. I spent the day in the hotel while it poured outside. It's a little bit maddening here, not a single food place delivers in range of my hotel. There's a pizza hut and a gas station across the street on the highway, and a few…
Well, today was easily the most strenuous day yet. Last night before bed I cooked myself some quinoa using my portable stove (which my girlfriend bought me for this trip). It's an Esbit stove, it's pretty awesome and folds up pocket size. You do need to get special fuel cubes…
I've reached my destination town of Columbia, MS for today. There isn't really anything within reach of the remaining daylight so I'm arranging to camp at a local family campground tonight. I got stopped a few times on the highway by random patrols, not that I think they thought I…
Now that I'm in a hotel room and can comfortably use my laptop, I can post a couple pictures that I have on my camera. I was taking a break on the side of the road and snapped a pic looking forward and back. I was on the Tammany Trace…
I stopped in Bogalusa, LA to get some lunch and try another walmart (they had patch kits this time which is an improvement over the last store, but still no inner tubes). And the cashier told me that just up north on my route a convict escaped from the correctional…
Woke up at 6am. Last night was so hot and humid, I was wishing for some cold. By 4am I had it and immediately regretted not bringing into my tent more warm weather clothes to slip on under my sleeping bag. Lesson learned. 6am rolls by and I had to…
Got a late start today. By the time I got to Covington I had two flat tires... Great start so far. I went on a wild goose chase to go to a local bike store, except they are all closed on Monday. Walmart was a no go either... By the…