Glitchville

Morning came early again in the Shack Up Inn.  We had a hurried morning trying to get out the door and back to the route.  I still managed to make bacon and eggs in a cast iron frying pan with frozen eggs.  The refrigerator was so cold the milk and orange juice were slushie.   I would be willing to bet it was not an energy star refrigerator.  It was old!!

The first part of the route was spectacular scenery around Moon Lake.  The sunrise was gorgeous too.  Big Bright red/orange sunrise with a bit of a haze on the lake.  I did my usual gas and ice routine and then meet up with them on State Hwy 1.  Terry and Dave took a side route to Friars Point the birthplace of Conway Twitty before getting onto Hwy 1.   The rest of the route was state hwy 1 for 77 miles.  It was flat and no new scenery.  Just farmland,farmland and more farmland.  And a big headwind.

Today's beauty was in the people we met along the way as we had a flat tire and the bike rack arm broke.  We pulled into the little berg of Rosedale where we found a park for lunch.  There were people in a gazebo visiting and Dave went to ask one of them where we could find a welder to fix the rack.  Within minutes a farmer pulls up in his truck and asks if we are in need of help.  We say yes and he proceeds to tell us who to see when we get to Greenville where we are to end for the day.

Then another car pulls up with two guys in it and he says he saw us broke down on the side of the road and wanted to know if we were ok and where we were from.  They stopped and visited a bit and chatted about the war.  The one guy said he was 95 years old and he served under General Patton.  Nice Folks down here in the Delta.   You could say Minnesota Nice!

Then off we went down the road with another 40 miles to go to Greenville on Scenic Hwy 1.   With a stiff headwind we still managed to put some miles behind us so we could get into town early today.  It does pay to start early and beat the heat for sure. It also gave us time to get the bike rack fixed.  Terry ran to Jimmy's Welding to see about the repair.  Jimmy was out but soon to return.  When Jimmy came back he and Terry made quick work of the repair.  He was the only one in the shop who welds on Stainless Steel so we needed Jimmy!   Great Job Jimmy thanks for coming to our rescue.  The price was right too!!!

We are staying in another Hotel tonight where there is AC and no Mosquitoes.   Terry says I can type much faster and with better accuracy when  I am not swatting mosquitoes at the same time.  He could be right.  Staying on the river tonight right next to a Casino.  Do you think it could be my lucky night?    Not a chance considering the luck we had this afternoon.  Keep those comments coming as we love to hear what is happening back in Hooterville.

It is 6:30 pm and we are finished with our pictures and blog.  Still have tomorrow's route to review and some good home cooking to be eaten.  We are just heading out to the Shot Gun House for some BBQ!   I can smell  it now.

Dave, Terry & Julie