Day 29

We cut our ride short because of a flat tire. We left Kinder, through New Roads, by water front, over the Mississippi River in Jarreau, then on to our final stop in Livonia. Because we ran out of sunlight, we ended the ride with 85 miles and 570 feet of bicycling elevation gain. This ride I saw the first ads to sell crawfish; we found nearly all roadkill made of frogs and turtles; saw my first margarita “to go” stand; and ate a cajan burger at Joe’s sandwich shop in Opelousas. Then, in the afternoon, my rear tire went flat, not because of a puncture, but because the seal between the rim and the tire broke on my run-flat tire. With cousin Duffy’s help I installed a tube in the rear tire.

The plan is to ride to Franklinton next.