Wednesday, April 8, 2015

No chasing or being chased by the rain for a couple of days.  Still foggy in the morning - so I got out my trusty blinking red light.  At least today I was on some really back roads and there was almost no traffic at all.  Yes, I am in Missippippi  - Ocean Springs.  I know it sounds funny, but I will probably not see the Gulf  until tomorrow.  Logistics with the bicycle can sometimes be difficult.  

I am very appreciative of an older gentleman in Poplarville who steared me away from some bad roads for cyclists.  I had a really good day today, most of it on very nice surfaces and no traffic -- and the end of the day on a new highway that accommodated bikes really well.

On one of those way back roads I had a pick-up truck driver yell at me to get off of the road.  It was a surprise since there was no other traffic at all - I hadn't even seen another car for 6 miles.  So, I just smiled and kept pedaling - wondering what kind of bad experience he had had with cyclists or why he was having such a bad day.

Mississippi is HUMID.  It almost makes no difference that it isn't raining.  The fog soaked me this morning, and then I sweated buckets the rest of the day.  Still great riding.  I will be heading into Alabama tomorrow.  No, I am not flying or making great time.  Both Alabama and Mississippi are really narrow down here on the Gulf.  One of the reasons that I enjoy this trip so much is being in  places that I don't know well.  I am learning a ton.  Doing well.  Til later.