I followed Highway 55 all day. I know, I know, no highways. Well, I actually felt safer seeing as there was a 5 foot shoulder with a rumble strip rather than no shoulder on a county road.
I had planned to stop at a little town, but found nothing there so I had to press on (in the dark). It was a little scary but I made it with no major issues.
The goal is within reach!
The next morning I took over 20 minutes to get my fast food breakfast and my shoe would not unclip when I got there. So I figured I would just take my foot in and out of my shoe all day long. Then at my next stop, the shoe just fell off. The cleat was stuck in the pedal. I had to drag out my multi tool to get it out. Then it was on to Lowe's to find a replacement screw. There were no flat screws of the same size. It took some tinkering and Yankee ingenuity, but I got it. But I was delayed a while.
I booked it all day with only a 10 minute break to eat. My host's sister, Dianne, met on the rails to trails in their town and rode the rest of the way with me.
I had dinner with Kim and Laurie. And they're going to show me around New Orleans tomorrow and I'll pedal the rest my miles on Monday.
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