72.5 mile ride in the books. After 19 days in Texas we were able to enter our fifth state, Louisiana! We are very happy and relieved to have completed 1,036 miles in Texas.
Adrian & Henry high five as we cross into Louisiana. We are particularly happy to see a 55mph speed limit again but have been cautioned that our excessive exuberance may be shortlived in Louisiana.
As the authors were crossing into Louisiana they turned around to pay their final respects to the great state of Texas.
Our final thoughts on Texas: We both enjoyed the Texas Hill Country, barbeque, beer & wildflowers. On the downside for future riders entering Texas, you can look forward to at least 75mph speed limits even on country roads, shoulders designed by guys with an evil sense of humor that seem to disapear when you need them most, rumble strips on the fog lines with depressions as big as a Volkswagen Beetle, shoulders when they exist with more broken glass then a reclying plant, chip and seal roads that make walking in hot stones seem easy. One final rider caution, if you ever see a road sign saying Marfa 20 miles, turn around immediately!! Worst stretch of road on the C2C trip so far.
Entering Cajun country, the authors dream of many more plates of jumbo shrimp and mounds of crawfish and Cajun cocktails to wash them down 😉
Our final thoughts on Texas: We both enjoyed the Texas Hill Country, barbeque, beer & wildflowers. On the downside for future riders entering Texas, you can look forward to at least 75mph speed limits even on country roads, shoulders designed by guys with an evil sense of humor that seem to disapear when you need them most, rumble strips on the fog lines with depressions as big as a Volkswagen Beetle, shoulders when they exist with more broken glass then a reclying plant, chip and seal roads that make walking in hot stones seem easy. One final rider caution, if you ever see a road sign saying Marfa 20 miles, turn around immediately!! Worst stretch of road on the C2C trip so far.
At lunch we realized at the counter we had the three stooges all named Henry plus a guy named Fred. Where did he come from! On a more serious note only one of the three Henrys has Henry as a first name and it is widely known that you can never trust a person who has a first name as a last name, so be careful of the other two stooges.
Laissez les bons temps rouler, boys
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