Will and Kathy sent us on our way this morning full of expertly crafted pancakes and omelettes. I was in heaven and went through a brief grieving period when I was too full to eat any more.
Thank you again to our kind and generous hosts! We slept great and the fuel you gave us kept us moving today. Thank you also for the tip about Legnon’s Butcherie where we picked up some more Boudin sausages for lunch.
The Café at Jefferson Island was kind enough to let us eat the boudin there so we could enjoy the view at our mid morning stop.
This was the also the place where it finally happened. WE FOUND AN ALLIGATOR! We’d been looking vigilantly the whole trip and finally encountered one of these living dinosaurs. Woohoooo!!!
The rest of the day was spent pedaling hard to our destination spot at Lake Arthur where we pitched our tent under a big bridge for the night. Sounds depressing, but it’s actually one of my favorite spots yet.
Time to eat some pork jowl and blackeye peas as recommended by the southern folk we’ve met as a New Year’s tradition!
Route info for interested readers:
14 all the way all day! We are camped at Lake Arthur under the bridge
There and Back Again 