Oct 27

Oct 27 Day 7 after Dianne

This' morning was a Super 8 motel breakfast that is not a super way to start the day. Two guy about our age come in and ask if we are riding bikes and we say yes. Th'ey then ask where to and we said New Orleans and we started at Lake Itasa. They then told us about their three week ride from Prescott to Memphis. We then spent about half an hour exchanging stories about the ride.

Then David and I started out. As the fellow rider had the day off they came out and reviewed our gear and they indicated that they thought we were fairly compact, I take that as a compliment. The start of the day was the most interesting part it more stupidity just like yesterday. A dog walking in the park chased us for a short period of time. Then we walked up the hill to the I55 bridge and started across the walkway on the side. I was not too happy 'about this as the bridge shakes with the trucks, the wind was blowing and there is trash all over the place I am trying to avoid. At the end of the bridge we walk down the embankment and spent the next 30 minutes going back up embakment and getting on and off the highways. The directions being off a little bit on the milage did not make this chase any easier.

Once out of West Memphis the day became as dull as dirt (Dave's Quote) all we saw as flat plowed land and lots of it. There were a couple of tractors and not much traffic. Lunch was in Hughes AK and we ate hamburger just across from the High School there were great.


One thing that is different here is trash. I have given up counting as it would be infinite the people here seem to lack a dump and they just throw the stuff out on the road. Dave has taken to adding dump site to the end of all wildlife refuge site we see.

After riding 58 miles we are at Marianna AK staying in what is best discribed as a “bonus motel” as it is not listed in the book. Looks like we will make the distance to Greenville before Andy and Angle arrive.

Thankful for Today
I admimit although it is a small thing I am grateful for all the people that pick up trash on the side of the road as it makes the country a lot better. So thanks to all those people that do not litter and even a bigger thank you to all those that pick the stuff up.
Love and Kisses to all and to all goodnight

Allan and Dave