6-14-14
Day 25
Delhi LA to Farmersville LA
With the sun already shining when we hit the road at 7:30am everyone knew we were in for another good rain free day. The middle of the country is having a drought so possibly most of the bad weather is already behind us. Well that’s what we hope anyway.
The morning was on super flat farm roads lined with corn and
soybeans. We have not seen any cotton fields yet but the locals said soon we
will. There were also hundreds of acres
that were completely flooded with irrigated water. What looked to us to be some kind of grass
plant we found out was actually rice.
Rice patties in Louisiana amazing.
The day ended with a change in terrain again as trees and
easy rolling hills started to appear. This offered us a little shade as the
temperatures rose above 90 degrees and the humidity was high. We had cooked all
morning on the roadway without shade.
Those corn stalks don’t cast much of a shadow.
The night before we were in a panic to find a place to spend
the night. When you are away from population centers hotels or other places to
sleep become scarce. Joe called on a
“fishing camp” on the lake that we found on the internet.
The guy had a video of
the place posted on YouTube and gave us the address to view it. Boy are we glad he did that for us. Because after we got a look at it we decided
we would take our chances on the side of the road with the snakes and bugs if
we could not find something else. The
cabin was a run-down trailer with no beds and a nice fish cleaning station.
Ahhhhh…..no thanks. I guess you washed
up in the creek.
Around 9pm we found a B&B that was along our route and
called. We were told they had a wedding
going on and we would have to stay in the caretaker’s house. Anything would be
better that the fish camp. We had no
idea what we were getting for the $99 we were told it would cost.
When the cycling crew rounded the last turn of the day we
could see a big sign by the road that said wedding. We pulled in the driveway
of a beautiful 1902 building called The Edgewood Plantation.
At least 100 guests were in the outside courtyard for the
wedding the bride was about to get in a horse drawn buggy to meet her man. We
were shown our quarters by the owner as the service was going on.
The property had sat abandoned for 27 years and was
destroyed by neglect. The new owners bought it with the dream of making it into
bed and breakfast. After seeing the
photos before the work started I would have called in a dozer and some
dumpsters to level the house and start over. His friendly and accommodating
wife an RN by trade knew she wanted that house and that was it. The new owner was a carpenter with a vision and did all the
work himself using timbers off the land. The main house was stunning.
We are sure glad we did not try the fish camp!
Tomorrow will be a short 75 miler.
93 miles
Weather 91 degrees Sunny
1950 Feet of Climbing
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