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!