{"id":23199,"date":"2018-05-01T21:16:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T01:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=23199"},"modified":"2018-05-04T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T01:40:24","slug":"day-17-tuesday-may-1-lake-charles-to-jennings-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=23199","title":{"rendered":"Day 17. Tuesday, May 1 – Lake Charles to Jennings, Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

First thought: What a Gorgeous Morning, \"\"<\/a>soft blue sky accentuated with delicate clouds.<\/p>\n

Second thought: One of these days we will have the wind to our backs,\"\"<\/a> but this is not that day.<\/p>\n

We had a one mile trek to our frontage road that was far removed from the highway. \u00a0Fields were pleasant,\"\"<\/a> but we preferred the protection the trees and homes offered\"\"<\/a>\u00a0from the wind. \u00a0Small industry and farms\"\"<\/a> existed side by side. Passing a graveyard, \"\"<\/a>reminded us of the high water table in these parts; everybody is above ground.<\/p>\n

We enjoyed almost 15 miles of scenery before our road bordered the highway.\"\"<\/a>Pastures\"\"<\/a>and rice fields \"\"<\/a>offered no resistance to the southeast wind. \u00a0Both Iowa<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> and this waterslide\"\"<\/a> seemed out of place.<\/p>\n

We had not planned to stop for lunch, but we needed a break from the wind and time off the bike. \u00a0After our relaxing forty-five minute break, we savored our pedal through town.\"\"<\/a>This little pigmy goat definitely did not want his picture taken.\"\"<\/a>A mile and a half later, we were thrust into the wind again. \u00a0We did our best to maintain 7 mph against the southeast wind. \u00a0It took us almost an hour and a half to go our last eleven miles.<\/p>\n

Dinner choices were Shoney’s across the busy road or the truck stop diner next door (who said we do not live high on the hog<\/em>), complete with a full size alligator.\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 We choose well. \"\"<\/a>\u00a0Our 38 miles doesn’t sound long, but four hours in the saddle against the wind was long enough to be tired.<\/p>\n

A nice sunset,\"\"<\/a> then to bed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t