Lake Charles to Lafayette...going deeper into Cajun Country

October 23: Lake Charles to Lafayette, about 80 miles

We woke up this morning to a warm breakfast casserole. We said goodbye to Margie, and then John gave us a tour of the local river and swamp areas as we headed to our drop off point. There was really cool scenery all around, especially the double wide trailers on stilts next to the frequently flooding river.

We headed out of Lake Charles and decided to take a tamer highway, highway 90. The ride throughout the day was peaceful and had much less traffic than our ride on the I-10 freeway. A wicked headwind slowed our pace, but we still enjoyed the rice fieldson both sides of the highway.

We stopped for a quick shake in Crowly where we met a very friendly family. The dad tried to get ahold of the local paper, so we'll see about that.

At around 5:30 we rolled into our host family's house. Kevin, Michelle, and their three daughters were very welcoming. We went to an amazing restaurant where Jacques says he had his favorite meal of the trip.




Tomorrow, we're going to ride over a 18 mile long bridge. Hopefully the highway shoulder will provide room for my midwestern hips.