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January 15, 2007

I woke up around 7 am, said goodbye to Cristina, took a couple pictures with her (what a cutie!), and hit the road. Getting out of Baton Rouge was confusing (much like Pensacola), but in my misdirection I ended up passing the Pentagon Buildings which are a historical army post.

After asking for directions at a trucking company and being stopped by a (nice) cop for taking a picture of the Exxon-Mobil refinery, I made it to Hwy 90 and pedaled west. About 5 minutes later I had a flat tire and rain was threatening to fall.

There wasn’t much to see today but I did pass by a neat gas stove refurbishing shop. They had old ovens from the 50’s made by Chambers and other obscure companies that are probably no longer in business. The owner recommended that I stop at a cafe about 15 miles up the road called “Not Your Mama’s”. I did, and ordered a fried crawfish salad. It wasn’t small, but for $10 it could have been a lot bigger.

About 5 miles from Port Barre I had another flat, in the pouring rain. It was then that I had a revelation that went more or less like so: “Fuck this, where’s a motel?” I found one about 10 miles down the road. It was $45 well spent.