Woke to the sound of rain!!!!  Rain !! Rain!!! Rain!!!! . . . for the next 5 days. Today was 80-100% depending on the local location. Only 30, of the 315 riders, rode today, the rest taking the buses and sags into Lafayette.  Denver Tom and I chose to ride.

Finally saw, close up, one of the rigs used to harvest the crawdads . . . big motor that powers . . .

. . . a hydraulic motor. The fins on the paddle wheel are only 4-8 inches long. They put up a heck of a plume as they are motoring around the ponds.

In between the raindrops I was able to take a few photos including this pile of stuff lined up outside a couple of double wide trailers . . .

. . . that also had another personal helicopter . . .

. . . some people REALLY have their priorities right!!!!

Not sure what this guy was doing with this Minuteman missile out in his front yard. Maybe he can see Russia from his deck!!!

Another species listed . . . have seen a lot of these poor feller’s, but most were not ‘photo presentable’!

Interesting, folks build their houses down here, even newer ones like this, on cement pilings. No basements, so I guess this is the construction method of choice. Could make it easier to ‘re-level’ a house if it gets out of whack.

They say all roads lead to Rome . . .

. . . sort of a theme going on here!!

First gauge like this we have seen since mid TX . . .

I’m not sure this ‘dillo was actually hit . . . he may just be sleeping it off after a long night of partying, thus the Mardi Gras beads.

Some people in LA are doing just fine . . .

The ride, for those of  us who rode, ended in Scott, LA.  I was the first one in!!!!  No food available because the buses and vans were busy ferrying people and bikes to Lafayette, so I decided just to ride another nine miles to Lafayette. Only 170 feet of elevation gain today, stretched over 49 miles. This crossing over the interstate probably accounted for 40 feet of it!!!

Tomorrow we are back on route to New Roads, LA. 100%  chance of rain!!!!