Then it was rider's choice of pace.  I took it up to a comfortable pace and motored on.  There wasn't that much to photograph.  I'm hoping to get a shot of an armadillo, but all of the samples were too beat up (road crossing is not their core competency).  In the meantime here are:

A Cargill plant along the river.  I'm assuming its putting grain on ships for export.


In Louisiana, you don't have to get out of your car to purchase a drink (but they do check IDs):


I wonder what the Staff would say if I pulled up to the drive-in on my bike?

If you're into hunting and fishing, there's a Cabella's a short walk from the hotel.

My bike was making noises today.  After lubing the chain again and not solving the problem, I suspected the rear wheel, which has been a noise problem--but otherwise reliable--on previous trips.  The Mavic rims are said to do this frequently.  I swapped rear wheels with Mike, our mechanic, and the noise disappeared.  Now that I know the source and that I'm not grinding up some part of the drivetrain, I'll just live with it and get the rims replaced with something quiet over the winter.

The Holiday Inn has very nice rooms.  The Cajun platter at dinner was more (a little) than this hungry cyclist could eat.

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