Chapter 24

GOOD BYE TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!

 Well we are 90+ miles into our 5th state now, and it's kind of like  getting past Hump Day in the work week, you feel like your on the downhill side of the journey now. After some pretty hair raising incidents with country dogs, we are now avoiding most of the smaller county's  'farm to market', or 'ranch to market' roads. Combined with the fact that few of them have shoulders, and most of them are in desperate need of repair, it seemed like a good decision. 2 days ago in Tx. I thought a pit bull was going to end my trip, I have never turn the cranks so and fast in my life, while screaming at the top of my lungs. I was able to out ride his legs, but at one point only about 24 inches separated us. Nice to get back into a stte with milepost markers. The only roads TX. has them on are the interstate freeways. No state or cunt roads we were on had any at all. Two of the things we looked for in TX. were longhorns and armadillos. Didn't see either until we crossed into Louisiana. Lots of road kill in Louisiana, #1 snakes, #2  possums & raccoons # 3 armadillos. Most of the ride today was on a ribbon of hwy cutting through the forests. It was really enjoyable cycling today with the trees helping to cut the wind and provide shade on the shoulders . I don't think the word shade is even in the TX state dictionary.  Our goal is to get to St. Francesville tommorrow, which put us back on our original route again.
So long from the "Ragin Cajun" state.
Mike