Woke at 5:00am. No Rain!!! Checked the weather app on my phone . . . said drizzle at 5:30am . . . they sort of got it right. At 5:45am it started raining . . . another wet day. Denver Tom and I went downtown to eat breakfast while the rest at cereal in their room. By the time we were done eating at 8:00am, we were fueled and ready to go. We headed out. The forecast was for rain all day with most of it between noon and 4:00pm. Needed to get some miles under out belts before noon!

Right out of town, I came to another BIG bridge. Thought I had made a wrong turn north and was in Mackinaw City!!!!

. . . at least there was a good shoulder.

. . . got to the top, the rain had slowed so stopped for a few pics . . .

. . . Old Man River, the mighty Mississip! I turned to take another shot and there was a light so bright I thought I was on my way home . . . but it was lightning, followed by a deafening set of booms . . . I packed up the camera and got off the middle of the bridge . . . just as it starting pouring again!

By the time I got to Slaughter, LA I needed a little second breakfast  . . .why not stop at the Home of the PawPaw burger!!!

Audra was on duty, running the whole place herself, thus the Superwoman shirt! Ends up a PawPaw burger is double meat patties, several kinds of cheese, bacon and some other meat I can’t remember. I settled for a egg, sausage, biscuit . . . not lunchtime yet!!!

I had not more left Slaughter and the rain started again, and continued for another 40 miles to Amite, our home for the night. Did see this guy along the road. The roadside samples of this species seem to be getting bigger!!!! We have eaten several appetizers with legs about this size . . . tastes like chicken!!!! Looks like he is smiling . . . must have had a nice thought at the moment of impact!!!

Nice place . . . reminds me of the bike trip Smoochie and I took to Normandy, FRA last fall!!!

Wrong turn south???? . . . Bamboo Forest!!!!

. . . Amen!!!!

Really wanted to pull into this private cemetery and see what the dates on the headstones might have been compared to the age of this behemoth!!! Posted private property though, so I didn’t enter.

Just before I rolled into the Comfort Suite in Amite, dreaming of the HOT shower I needed, I saw this place that gave a whole new meaning to the phrase many  Caribbean resorts use, ‘outdoor shower’ !!!!

Thirty minutes later having showered, and eating cheese, crackers and drinking Pinot Gris . . . the world seemed pretty good again!!!! Good thing there is a WalMart across the street . . . I need more vino!!!

but . . . looking ahead to where we are going tomorrow . . . notice a pattern here?????