Out of LA and into MS

Had a great Po Boy in Independence LA and that was the only Cajun food besides boudin. LA was pretty fine with everything from real poor areas to Very nice areas. We saw soom flooding around the Bogue Chitto river and saw where people had moved all their campers and cars next to the highway to get them out of the water. It looked like someone had opened a used car and camper sales lot until we figured out what was going on. I think Jake got pictures.

Yesterday e road in the rain for a little over 1/2 the day. The good news is the temp was good for riding in the rain. We have only been rained on 3 times this whole trip and all have been when the temp was good. Pretty lucky all things considered.

We were in some real back woods parts of Mississippi yesterday. I mean back woods/words. We stopped at a community grocery store that sold everything from used book, crickets, hunting supplies, hardware and food. The word "community" in this area obvously means "few teeth". Between the 3 employees they had 9 teeth. One of them really messed up the average; she had 5 all by herself. Chuck, you could offer some great volume dental discounts out here. No one would be able to take advantage of it. What they lack in teeth they make up for in niceness.

End the night in a Casino in Gulfport. What a contrast from some of the other place we have stayed. People watching here in the Casino is pretty good. Let me just say, this ain't Vegas. We didn't even get funny looks being soaking wet and wearing those goofy shorts and shoes, on bikes in a casino.

All for now.