Hello 2020! 😃 We are pleased to meet you! Today was a good day.
Ryan and I rose from our under the bridge sleeping spot nice and early to escape detection. A quick pedal over the bridge and we stopped for breakfast where we ate well and met some very kind locals!
My favorite moment on our long ride today was seeing one of the many enormous flocks of birds here passing over Ryan as we rode through the country side.
Near the end of the day we found ourselves in busy traffic with narrow shoulders and raced to get through the urban Lake Charles area. We are now camped out under a Baptist church’s awning (with permission) to sit out tonight and tomorrow’s heavy rain.
Cozy in our tent, we watched Hot Rod, ate thin mints, and are ready to rest. Ahhh.
Route info for interested readers:
We left Lake Arthur going straight through town on Co Rd 26 the took a left on 1126 and stair stepped our way along. This formula took us a ways: at every “T” in the road with only a left or right option, we took a right the the first left and repeated.
We hopped onto Highway 90 after a right turn on Boys Village Rd and took that into Lake Charles until turning right on 171. We then turned left on 378.
We would NOT recommend this route through Lake Charles. We would recommend avoiding this very un-bike-friendly town completely. It worked out fine going through in the end but it wasn’t a comfortable or very safe journey.
A little introspective reflection:
It’s interesting to be on such a simple mission, planning just to get a little further each day on a bike. While it’s not a complicated goal, there can be many hard decisions to make. I’m learning that a plan can be helpful, but it’s important to know how to go with the flow. It’s also very important to be kind to your travel buddy. I am working to notice when things go right and keep an open mind when things seem to be going wrong.
There and Back Again 