April 9, 2018
After nearly three weeks we get to do the Texas Two Step out of this state tomorrow and start our Bayou Boogie towards New Orleans. Our trip across the Lone Star State has be one of gradual changing landscapes from dry desert brown to lush, moist bayou green. In between was hill country with a mix of both that gently turned just a bit greener as the miles rolled by. From cactus forests to Spanish moss draped trees in full leaf Texas, while too big to be called America in miniature, can at least be called the model of America.
Gone now are the big climbs which have been replaced by long rolling roads with dips at every crossing of a stream or river. Even those are scaled down in bayou country with long stretches of arrow straight road as far as the eye can see. The dry days are gone as well and for the past three we have ridden in steady moisture and cooler temperatures. As the thermometer rises, so will the humidity that this area is know for. Logging is now a major activity with trucks loaded with long pine shafts common on every road.
Tomorrow we begin the final leg of our journey and the states will roll by with much greater frequency. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida will pass into our rear view mirrors far more quickly than Texas.
