Well, since the last time I wrote I have passed through Louisiana and tomorrow I'll be leaving Mississippi and heading into Alabama. Time definitely has been flying by since leaving Texas. We were only in Louisiana for three days, but they were a good three days. The first day we arrived in Shreveport we visited the first Shriners Hospital where I met Lineth and her daughter. They were from Panama and they didn't speak English, so it was awesome because I sat and spoke with them for a good while and I practiced my Spanish. Lineth's daughter was brought up here by the Shriners to get surgery done on her legs. She is severely disabled, and the family wouldn't be able to pay for the surgery otherwise! It turns out that Lineth and her family live in a neighborhood close to where I lived during my semester abroad to Panama. Lineth got pictures of all of us and she gave me her address and told me that if I were ever in Panama that her family's doors are always open to me! Meeting and speaking with her really made me miss Panama a lot! That evening for dinner we went to a Pi Kapp alumni's house on the lake and had the best steak I've ever eaten. It was great to relax on the beautiful lake, especially knowing that I was going to have to wake up and ride over 100 miles the next day to Monroe, LA.
It turned out that the ride to Monroe was actually 117 miles. That was our longest day of the summer. It was a very long day. Unfortunately I did not fare too well because I must have not drank enough water and gotten dehydrated. The last 20 miles of the day I had the worst headache which made me sick to my stomach and I couldn't hold anything down when I finished the day. Thankfully though I didn't start feeling really bad til after the ride, because I was really glad to have finished. But I definitely couldn't have done it without the support of the guys I rode along with! I thought they were going to have to drag me the last 4 miles! But after a good nights rest and drinking lots of water I was ready to go the next day's 70 miles. In Monroe, we had a great dinner and friendship visit. There was line dancing and I even ate alligator for the first time which was fantastic.
The arrival into Mississippi was a wet one. We actually made it across the Mississippi River before it started down pouring though. But as soon as we got to the shelter across the river for lunch it started pouring! It was nice though, because this is the first time all summer that it has rained like this. Mississippi has also been really short. We had a great arrival/lunch/friendship visit in Jackson and today we had a great sponsored dinner in Meridian after our last century day of the summer.
Tomorrow we are headed to Livingston, Alabama. Once again these states are flying by. And by the way I still have not gotten a camera but I have managed to steal a few pics from the guys.
Joey H.
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