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The motel included continental breakfast, so I had coffee and a pastry.<\/p>\n

\"Mystery
This was in the breakfast room.\u00a0 Rodney said that one of his long-term guests was working on this chair, and left it. What could he have been trying to do?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"7
Today, AM storms. Tomorrow, all day storms? One line of thinking says I should make maximum miles today. On the other hand, that would put me in a small town or camping for my upcoming rest day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"easy
Straight, flat road. Overcast and very humid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t stop until I got to Kirbyville, after 32 miles. It was 11:04 – a little early for lunch, but I had been exercising. My gloves were so soaked with sweat, I probably could have wrung them out.<\/p>\n

\"lunch
I think Valero Fuel Stop lets the locals influence the menu. That’s why there was such a good taco at the other one. At this one, I got a pork chop plate, which included two sides (I got green beans and squash), and a roll or hush puppies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"boudain\"
I also got a boudain, which is like a highly-flavored meatloaf ball with cheese in the middle. I could imagine having these as a main dish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was not yet noon when I finished eating, and 42 miles to DeRidder, Louisiana. I was torn between going and staying. There was no doubt that I could have made it another 42 miles. But why? If I had gone forward, I might have spent 3 days in a DeRidder motel, to get a rest and church day on Sunday. I decided to stay.<\/p>\n

\"gateway
The Gateway Motel looked like my kind of place. With a $45 plus tax room, it was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"spacious
This is the inside of my room. Note the old style fluorescent tube. There was more than enough space, and it had the two essentials – wi-fi, and a\/c. A shower doesn’t hurt, either.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"bites\"
Something bit me twice. But these swelled up quickly and hardened, leading me to believe that my body can dissipate them quickly, unlike those bites earlier in the trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"any
I later returned to Fuel Stop because any size Icee (even the Jumbo one) was $1.19 . They also had a “happy hour” when any size drink was 89 cents. I saw an elementary school boy come in and get a huge one, which he split with his friends. That triggered a memory of my father, who said they used to get a shake for 15 cents at Giant Malt Shop, and split it 3 ways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"fly
There was a fly swatter near the window, so I had fun hunting flies. I think I got 12 of 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
In the evening, I had dinner at a place called Jenny’s Chicken. There were two common threads in the reviews – that the chicken was outstanding, and that the lady behind the register was rude and mean. I found the latter to be untrue. She was polite, just didn’t make small talk like most folks in this region. The chicken was far superior to chain food like Popeye’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the forecast, there were no thunderstorms in my area today. I’m hopeful that tomorrow will be similar.<\/p>\n

Miles today: 33.2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The motel included continental breakfast, so I had coffee and a pastry. I didn’t stop until I got to Kirbyville, after 32 miles. It was 11:04 – a little early for lunch, but I had been exercising. My gloves were so soaked with sweat, I probably could have wrung them out. It was not yet … Continue reading Kirbyville, TX<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}