{"id":6374,"date":"2015-04-10T19:52:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T01:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rideforalzheimers.org\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2019-03-26T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T15:23:48","slug":"day-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=6374","title":{"rendered":"Day 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woke to clouds and VERY dark skies . . . heavy weather predicted. But soon we were on our way from the school towards Opeloussa, our home for the night. 50 or 60 mile option today but most are taking the 50 mile route because of the weather . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1150\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1150_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1150\" width=\"988\" height=\"322\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . easy living on the river as we neared McGee\u2019s landing\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1151_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1151\" width=\"1004\" height=\"550\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . where we enjoyed coffee and beignets. Great rest stop . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1152_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1152\" width=\"1004\" height=\"646\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The brochure mentioned swamp buggy rides available, and I had visions of riding in one of these, as Smoochie had done on her last visit to LA . . . but it ended up being more of a pontoon boat that went out on the lake for a 1\/2 hour cruise. Pending weather . . . most of us passed on the ride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1153\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1153_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1153\" width=\"1004\" height=\"638\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saw this feller\u2019 in the store with a photo of the guy who snagged him!!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1154_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1154\" width=\"1004\" height=\"566\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Life seemed easy as we pedaled along the levee . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1155.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1155\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1155_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1155\" width=\"1000\" height=\"533\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . and near some of the backwater bayou\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1156\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1156_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1156\" width=\"1004\" height=\"591\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beignets had hardly settled and it was time to stop at another brewery. Greg is trying to decide which of the eight to sample. He ended up having more than one . . . but less than eight!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1157\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1157_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1157\" width=\"1004\" height=\"610\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here was a weekend project in someone&#8217;s front yard . . . not sure how they are going to get it to the water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1158\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1158_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1158\" width=\"1004\" height=\"633\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have developed a running joke on our Southern Tier ride about needing some \u2018recovery\u2019 after our daily rides. This suggestion would not work for us, though. We usually start \u2018recovering\u2019 about 3:00pm and it may last until dinner . . . and it happens 7 days a week. We do celebrate though with a number of different kinds of\u00a0 beverages!!!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1160.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1160\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1160_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1160\" width=\"1004\" height=\"566\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon we arrived in Arnaudville, our lunch stop. The skies were heavy but we were hungry again so stopped at one of the food venues . . . this one offering samples of boudin sausage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1159\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1159_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1159\" width=\"1004\" height=\"707\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cindy was the first one brave enough to down one . . . consensus was they were too hot to fill a po\u2019 boy . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1161\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1161_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1161\" width=\"1004\" height=\"736\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I had Claire make me up a shrimp po\u2019 boy with their \u2018secret\u2019 tartar sauce, the store is know for. Delicious! Claire is from Canada, came down to visit her cousin, who owns the store, and was immediately put to work!\u00a0 Merci, Claire!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1167.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1167\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1167_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1167\" width=\"1004\" height=\"763\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YUM . . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1162\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1162_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1162\" width=\"1004\" height=\"626\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we left Arnaudville I saw this display and stopped to see what it was all about. Ends up it is one of the 14 Catholic, Stations of the Cross, that stretches down the road, with one every half mile. Some are in peoples front yards . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1163\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1163_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1163\" width=\"1004\" height=\"669\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1164\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1164_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1164\" width=\"1004\" height=\"811\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have had some BIG dogs come out after us on this trip but this one takes the cake . . . mmmmmmmmm, might not have been quite this big but seems so, after having had 3 IPA, \u2019samples\u2019!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1165.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1165\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1165_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1165\" width=\"1004\" height=\"405\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here was an interesting little cemetery I passed by . . . only looks to be about 40 feet wide . . . sandwiched between two lots . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"1166\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/1166_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"1166\" width=\"1004\" height=\"629\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but still actively used!!!<\/p>\n<p>A little rain must fall . . . but right after taking this photo, the heavens opened up and for the rest of the afternoon it was RAINNNNNNNN . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2837\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2837_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2837\" width=\"1004\" height=\"556\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tonight there was a group dinner at the arena, where all the campers are staying overnight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2834\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2834_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2834\" width=\"1004\" height=\"568\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of pre dinner beer supplied by the ride . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2839\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2839_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2839\" width=\"1004\" height=\"622\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everything Cajun with either fried or grill catfish . . . and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2842\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2842_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2842\" width=\"1004\" height=\"659\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . funnel cakes for dessert. Gaylord was one happy guy . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2841\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2841_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2841\" width=\"1004\" height=\"608\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yummmm . . . more fried dough!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_2831\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/IMG_2831_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2831\" width=\"1004\" height=\"565\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So . . . if you were camping indoors because of the wet ground outside, you could stay here and sleep on the floor with 300 of your best new friends, and use the two woman\u2019s and men&#8217;s bathrooms, located on the back wall (arrow shows Tommy G\u2019s little hovel) . . .\u00a0 or . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/bd1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"bd1\" src=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/st\/04\/bd1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"bd1\" width=\"1004\" height=\"690\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>. . . you could stay where I did. Easy choice for me!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke to clouds and VERY dark skies . . . heavy weather predicted. But soon we were on our way from the school towards Opeloussa, our home for the night. 50 or 60 mile option today but most are taking the 50 mile route because of the weather . . . . . . easy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/?p=6374\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 41<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47],"tags":[48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18819,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374\/revisions\/18819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travels.wohu.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}