With all the dogs Bob encountered on our cross-country ride, this one I’m sure he’d want to take home with him. I know I would. I can’t believe those little legs did so much. What heart!
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Easleyville to St. Francisville, LA
48 miles
Tonight, after 48 miles on the road, Bob is in St. Francisville, La.
He said there were a lot of rolling hills today, but this time most of them had a down side. I guess the rolling hills he had yesterday only went up. 
A Friendly Face
Anyway, he saw a Fox and felt that was a good sign. He also said that last night after I had talked to him, a pygmy goat visited him and just kept hanging around like he just wanted to have some company. Bob likes animals and I think animals pick up on that and just feel safe being near him. Pretty neat, I think.
He said there were a lot of logging trucks on the road hauling pines, but lucky for him they were going west to east and not the other way.
Not Bob, thankfully!
Bob had a nice lunch in Norwood of Meat Pie and Jambalaya. He’s obviously in Cajun Country!
Bob plans on sight-seeing tomorrow and might stay in a motel. He had his tent pitched under an awning and had some big ducks (he said big enough to ride) keeping him company tonight.
I told him I had ridden with the group this morning and everyone wished him well and to keep safe.
Franklinton to Easleyville, LA
34 miles
Bob is in Easleyville, LA tonight. He said he only did 34 miles. Campground availability is the reason for this short ride, the next campground would have been too far for a one-day ride.
There were no big hills today, but plenty of rolling ones. The roads were very desolate, though. When Bob thought he wouldn’t find anything, a casino out in the middle of nowhere showed up.
Bebo's
He went in and only wanted something to eat and got a hot dog. As he was eating it the lights went out — Bob said someone had probably won a jackpot. He didn’t stay long.
Bob added that on yesterday’s ride another little puppy tried to adopt him. Bob just seems to draw puppies to him; this is the second pup that has tried to follow him. I told him he may have a new dog by the time he gets back to Florida!
Bob also told me that he was lucky the night before because as he was putting up his tent the campground owner showed up and said he could stay in one of his cabins. Bob got a $50 cabin for $15; not a bad deal.
The owner, a guy named Chris, was a welder but also trained horses and he told Bob how one of his horses almost killed him. Seems he was behind the horse and for some reason the horse kicked him, injured his spleen and he almost died.
I passed on messages to him and will wait for tomorrow night’s report. Keep him in your thoughts and continue sending him your encouragements.
Poplarville's Main Street
I received a phone message from Bob this morning. He said he was leaving Poplarville, MS and that he had to stay another day because of storms.
Bob said he will give me another call tonight and let me know where he is and any news.
Looks like the rain is following him. Hope Bob doesn’t get wet again today. Will post more when I get more info.
UPDATE:
After 50 miles of riding today, Bob is in Frankinton, LA. He said he had a good time last night in Poplarville, MS drinking with the locals and that it was funny getting drunk in a dry county. It was raining, so the guy that owned the RV park let him stay in a $50 cabin for free.
Bob met another cyclist today, coming from San Francisco, through San Diego, on to St. Augustine, and then up to Maine. The guy is 62 years old and averages 85 miles a day!
Bob said 2 – 4 pm is the hardest riding time because of the heat.
Today he had several animal sightings. First he saw a possum in the middle of the day, which he thought was odd. He also had two encounters with dogs. He was lucky he was going downhill and out ran the first dogs. The second encounter was with a small yapping dog and a Great Dane. Bob said he got off his bike and had his pepper spray ready but he didn’t have to use it.
Yikes!
Bob still has about 400 miles to Houston, about 8-10 days.
Tonight Bob is at an RV Park with about 90 sites and only 1 RV parked in it. He hopes the owner will show up soon and let him stay in the back room of the cabin, where there are 4 bunk beds set up. That would save him from setting up his tent tonight.
Tomorrow could be a short ride because of available campsites ahead. Today’s ride was a lot of little rolling hills. Not a bad day.
I passed on all the emails and comments the blog has been receiving for him and he enjoyed hearing from everyone. I also passed on info from Iris Hollis who said that the Dragon Boat team Bob is on won First Place in the B Division. The whole team really worked hard and I’m glad they got their just reward.
I told Bob to ride safe and I’ll be waiting for tomorrow’s update on his progress.
If anyone has anything they want to pass onto Bob, please leave a comment on the blog and I’ll make sure he gets it.
Chuck
MS to LA!