Oakdale, LA - Wed 3/28

After two long days we decided to take a short 42 mile ride today to rest up.  We got to Oakdale and checked into our motel, then rode down to the Leatherwood Museum.  While we were inside, the rain started pouring.  We picked up some food on the way back the motel but got rather wet.  This is the first time we've been really rained on.

We haven't seen any alligators yet but the mosquitoes have been fierce.  The museum guy said this is an especially bad mosquito season due to too much rain causing the rivers to overflow.  So we'll probably be staying in motels instead of campgrounds.

Miles: 49.9  Average: 11.9

The truth from Ruth:  I'm disappointed that now that it's warm enough to camp, the mosquitos are so bad.  I've got a lot of bites already and we haven't even tried to camp.  We've seen some gorgeous campgrounds too.  Oh well.
I felt like a wimp wanting to stop after only 40-some miles, but I was really glad when the rain was pouring down on us.  It was actually nice in a way to get wet, because I had been so hot and sticky.